The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1905

Fraternit'}! Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggie Campb<1I Monmouth, III

L ibbie Brooks-Gaddis ...............

Ada Bruen-Grier ......

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson

. Avon, III

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Monmouth, Ill

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore Monmouth, III

Fan nie Whitenack Libby

Red Wing, Mon. Rosa Moore ..........

J ennie Nicol (deceased)

Ina Smith Soule

W. 55th S L, New YorlC City.

Monmouth, Ill.

GlenosOOrne, Pa.

Jennie Home-Turnbull '" 2546 N 32 St., Philadelphia, Pa. Fannie Thompson (deceased) . Nancy Black-\V'allace

GRAND COUNCIL

PusIDE NT-Elizabet h Gamble, 49 Alexandrine Ave., West, Detroit, Mich.

VICE PRESIDENT-Mrs. Mav C. Reynolds, Fostoria, O.

S ECRETARy-Mary Bartol-Theiss (Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W . I09th St, New York City.

1'av.sUItER-Martha N Kimball, Box V, Leadville, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence Porter Robin!;On, 543 Marshal1 St, Milwaukee, Wi!

HISTORIAN

Su san W. Lewis, 5605 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill.

CATALOGUER

Ma ry Bartol -Thei ss, 64 W. I09th 3t. , New York Cit}

CORRESPONDING SECRET AllIES

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VER!ol OX T ALPH.\-).Iiddlebury College, Faith A. P owe r s , Middlebury, Vt. BETA-LJninT s ity of Verm on t, Grace L. Strong, 2JO Loomi5 St., Burlingt o n, Vt.

COl.u mIlA AL P!L -Geo rg c \Va s hin gto n U ni ve r s it y , Mildr ed W. Cochran, 2464 \ Viscons in Ave., Wa s hingt on , D. C .\LPHA-Swa rthm o rc College, Victo r y, mo rc, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bu c kn e ll University, Mellie A. W esco tt, Lewisburg, Pa.

PE NNSYLVANIA GAMM ,\ - Di ckinso n ('otiegc, Corinne Gau l, Carli s le, Pa. Ow o ALPHA-Ohio C n i,-crsi t y, Mary S imon, Athens, O.

OIiiO BETA- Ohio State Un ive r s ity, Elizabe th Bancroft, 38 5 King Ave , Columbus, Ohio.

N EW YORK ALI'IIA-Syracu <; c U ni versity, Eli zabe th M o uld, 112 W ave rly A \'e. , Sy r acllse, N. Y.

NE W YORK BETA-Barn ard Co ll ege, S ophie P. \V oodman, 478 \ V. I 59th St., Xcw York Citro

AI-I'IlA-Bosto n U ni Hrsi ty, \Vri ght, 12 S o merse t St.. Boston Mass.

M A!tHASD ALPIIA-\Voman's College o f Balt imo r e, Lau r a Pre s by, \Voman's College , Baltimore. 11d.

UE ' rA l'nOVINCE

ILLI NO IS BETA-Lo mbard College, Ray D illow, Lombard Ha ll, Galesburg, I II.

I LLINOIS DELT,\-Knox College, Loui se \V hi Ling H all, Galesburg, II I. •

lLLI="'OIS EpSILON-No rthw es t ern Univers ity , Myrl e Jl e Rog er s, \Villard I raI l. Evano,ton, III.

lLL IXOIS ZETA-Un iversity of II1in o is, Anne \Vh ite, 807 S. Third St., Cham pai gn , Ill.

I NDIAXA ALPHA-Frank lin College, May 'McD owe ll , Franklin, Ind. BETA- Ind iana University , Mary S a mpl e, Bloomington, Ind. GAMMA-Uni\'cr s ity of Indi anapoli s, Bertha L. Empey, lSog N. Cap it o l Av e. , I ndianapolis, Ind

MI CHIGAN AU'HA-Hill sdale Coll ege, Cha rl o tte Sh e pard , Hill sdale, Mich.

MI CHIGAN BET.o\-U niver s ity o f Dora P ay n e, 620 E . University Ave., Ann Ar bo r , Mi ch.

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IOWA ALPHA-Iowa Wesleyan Univer sity, Mary Brook s, Mt. Pleasant. Iowa.

IOWA BETA-Simpson College, Tessie Schee, Ind ianola , Ia

I owA ZETA-low::!. State U ni ve r sity, Mig n on Mayn a rd , 328 N. Dubuque St, I owa City , Ia

\V ISCONSI:oI' ALPHA-Univer s ity of \¥ isco n s in, Cora Hinkl ey, 233 Langdon S1.. Madi so n, \ Vis

MI SSOU RI ALPl:lA-Univer s ity of Mi sso uri, J ea n McCune, COl umbia, Mo UEL'I'A PUO,' IN CE

Lo UISI..\XA ALI'IIA-Ne\\'comb College, Stella Hayward , 1231 St. Andrew St., New Orleans, La .

}{A s s. \s i\l.plf -Kansa s L"ni\' ersi ty, l\"ina B. Fcll, 1200 Tenness ee St, La\\ r en ce, "K ;tn "ClS.

NE BRASI\:A BETA-U n iversity of Nebraska, P ea rl F it zgerald, 518 N . 16th St., Linco ln, Keb.

TE XAS ALrHA-Uni\'ersity o f Texas, Lo tti e Harri s, 2007 University Ave., Aust in. T exas

COLORADO ALPll.\-L:ni,·er sity of Colorado , L uel la Corbin, Boul der, Colo.

COLORADO BETA-D e n ve r L"niver s ity, Gra ce Dei s he r, 1319 Jo seph ine St. Denver, Colo.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA -Leland Stanfo rd University, Louise P ea rce, Pi Beta. Phi Lodge, Stanfo r d Unive r si ty , Calif.

CAL IFOR="'IA BETA-Univer si ty of California, Mabel A Goddard, 2428 Col· lege Av e , Berk eley, Calif

Alumnae Association Directory

P usmENT-M r s. May C. Reynolds, Fost oria, Ohio. ALUl.INAE EDITOR-Iva A. \Vel sh, 416 N. Livingston St., Madison, Wis.

A I • I'II A ['ROV'IN CE

SECRETARy-Edna L SlOne. 1618 R L Ave., Wa s hington. D. C. NEW YORK-Mrs. Leora Sherwood Gray. 1514 S Slate St. , Syracu se, N. Y.

PENN SYLVANIA, NEW JER SEY, DELAWAlI.E-Grace S. Wooda rd, Hambur(, N . Y.

D,snlcr OF CoLUMBIA, MARYLAND AND SOUTHEAST-Edna L. Stonc, 1618 R. I. Ave , Washington, D. C.

OUI I>-Mr s. R S. Belknap, 114 Park Place, Painesv ille, O. VERM oNT-Ma ry E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt.

MASSACIJU SETTs-EJi zabe th A. Coates, 857 Bridge St., Lowell, Mass.

DETA I'Ito,r INCE

S ECRETARy-Katharine Stevenson. 2319 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. I NDIANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St., Indianapoli s, Ind. lLLIl' Ols-:\fr s. Fanni e Hurff Glidden, Ke waunee, Ill.

MI CHI GAN-M r s. Bertha Myers Kempton, North Adams, Mich.

GAltUl ,\. I--UQVll\' UE

SECRETARy-Maude Miller, 217 N. 13th St., St. J osep h, Mo

MI SSOUR I-M rs. V. K Tuggle , 3028 Harrison St., Kansas City, Mo. I owA-Mrs Olive W. Curtis, Ames, I owa.

KE NTUCKy- Martha Taliaferro, Rose ville, III.

ARKA:-.' s As-Mr s Nathan Merriman. Fort Smith. Ark. LoUI SIA:;A-Alicc Monroe, 847 Carondelet St .• New Orleans, La.

DEL1' A PUO"INCE

SECRETARy-Mrs. Ida Smith-Griffith, Lawrence, Kan. KANsAs-El sie Evans, 704 South Fourth St., Leave nworth, Kan. NEBRA SKA-Mr s. Henry Eames. 1536 S. 20th St Lincoln, Neb. T EXAs-Flora Bartholomew. Pal es t ine , Texas. COLORAoo-Mary Clark Trayl o r , 2439 Gilpin St., Denver, Colo. CALIFORNIA-Elizabeth Kennedy , Fresno, Cal. ARI zoNA-M r s. T. K. Mar s hall, Tucson, Arizona.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

BO STO:i, MA ss. -Mari on L. Be:! n. 12 Hano\'er St.. Conco rd , N H. BURLI l'GTON, VT.-Mary Gregory. NEW YORK CITy-Martha Thoma s. 157 Glenwood Ave., Yonker" SYRAC USE, N. y'-Mrs . Olive R. Waite, 1302 Madison St. WA SHINGTON, D. C.-Lola M. Evans, 2227 13th St., N. W. PnrLA DEf.P HIA, PA.-Be ss Wells, Moore stown , N. J. COLUMDUS, O.-Mrs. F. D. Con nell ey, 1507 Michigan Ave. ATHE NS , O.-Lucy \V B ryso n. FRANKLIN, IND.-Gladys Miller. I NDIANAPOJ.IS, IND.-Fannie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St. CllI CAGO, I LL-Katharine }S. Miller , 155 'Varren Ave. r. .... 1.ESR1!Rr.. ILL -Martha Arn old DETROIT, MICH.-Eleanor Towar, :z6 Pitcher St. HIL LSDALF. MICH.-Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart. CRESTON, IA .-G r ace Harsh. DES MOINE S, IA .-E lla J Cummins, 424 28th St. PLEASANT, IA .-M. Blanche Swan. INDIANOLA , IA .-Flora Sigler. AMES, lA.-Lola A. Placeway. KANSAS CITY, MO.-Nell T aylor. 3031 Waba sh Ave. ST LoUIS. Mo -A Fred. Becker, 3112 Cass Ave. ST. Mo.-:\.Ir s. J ess ie L. Gaynor. The Gaynor Studio. LINCOLN, NEB.-Mrs. OliVeT Everett, 322 S. 14th St. LAWREN CF KAN.-Lena Marsh. BOULDER COLO.-Mrs. Edith McClure, 7227 8th St BALTIMORE. MD.-E li 7.abet h K Culver. Mt. Wa s hington, Md. NEW ORI.EANs-May O. Logan, 1539 Philip Sf.

B.: RTHA C O(l :-1CA:-; , CORA A TFRWII LIGER , Y ermou! Alpha Alpha

)IABY.L KIRK, Pa Gamma

WILLA E. WILSO:-; , )ld Alpha

A:-; :-1A "'''.:''5I;s . Ps Gamma.

::\1 \RIOS HRAN , Alpha

ALI C E M DURFEE, Ve-rmont Hela. KATHARt"llE POTTER, Ohio

VOL. XXII

THE cARROW

NOVEMBER

, 1905

Pansies

Pansies are for t/umghis, 'tis said: Is it true) I wonder? Do they ponder, ponder, I" the purple pall,sy bed! Let me see.

Pr etty pansies, t ell 111<1 true . Hear 111<1, 0 you yellow, M erry-hearted What is it I say to you! Do you know?

Pansies wit" the ir velve t cheek s, Modest gent le faces, And Sf"" happy greces, Looking up to see who speaks, Nod their heads.

While the pm,sies think and think, May we not unwind Ki"ks of pa"sy mind ! Those w ho love them ",ay ""link All their tho ••ghts.

MARTHA N. KIMB AL L,

(I" Denver R epublican. )

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Phi "Befa Kappas 0/ Ig 0 5

Ma be l Kir k

Mabel B. Kirk was born in Philad e lphia In 1883 , but fo r several yea r s ha s li ved in A tlanti c Ci t y, N . J. She r eceive d h e r pr e parato ry cour se in the Atlantic City Hi g h Sc h ool, g radu a ting in 190 [, Th e same yea r sh e ent e red Di c kin son Coll ege During he r sophom ore year she was cla ss hi sto rian. The next year s he was of th e Y. \ V. C. A ., and attended the co nf e rence at Silver Bay during th e summer. During he r senior year she wa s pre sident of the frat e rnit y and o f th e Harm a n Literary S oc ie ty She has wOn the Secor prize f o r hi s t ory in the junior yea r, and th e Pa ttan prize for exce ll en ce in sc ho lar ship during h e r sen io r yea r. Sh e g raduated in th e clas s o f 1905 with th e de-

AJIIla Spe a ts

Anna J. S pea rs was born in L onaco ning , Maryland, in 1883 · Sh e attended a schoo l near her home until 1900 when she entered Di c kin son Preparatory School. In 1901 s he e nter ed Dickin so n Colle ge. She has held imp ortant office s in her cla ss, lit e rary society and frat e rnit y. Among o th ers sh e ha s bee n clas s historian , a me mber o f th e Microcosm boa rd, pres id en t o f th e literary soc iety and presid ent of th e frat e rnit y. She is one o f the nin e o f the class o f 1905 who have won Phi Be ta Kappa . Next year s h e expec t s to t each th e lan guages in the hi g h sc h ool in Luz e rne, New York.

Cora Teruil/ iger

Co ra Terwilliger, whose hom e is in Belvidere, Illin ois, was initiated into Colorad o Alpha o f Pi Beta P hi in th e winter o f 1902. Her wo rk in coll ege was r emar kab le, h e r mental ability, wo nde rful memory and hi g h sta ndin g in class and exam inati on drew attention to h e r fr om professors and st u dents. While in th e univers ity sh e t ook one hundr ed a nd thirt y h ours work and o f th ese nin ety-e ight bore h e r a g rad e o f "A, " th e hi g hes t mark. H e r major was mathematics, a s tu dy in which a girl seldom

sh ines, but o n e in which this modest littl e Pi P hi distinguished h er self very n oticeably he was alw,,·s the pride and delight of her professors and Colo rado Alpha was equa lly proud upon her elect ion to Phi Beta Kappa.

;\lario n L ouis, Bean

Marion Louise Bea n , IVl assac hu se tts Alpha , wa s bo rn and grew lip in Co nco rd. N. If. She received her preparatory educati on at the Concord High School, whe re she fitted for coll ege and graduated with hi g h h on o r s In September, 1901 , sh e ente red th e li be r a l arts department o f Bos t on Unive r sity and immedia tel y became a prominent fact o r in the college life At th e same time she stood high in he r classes, maki n g a specia l stud y of Gemla n and Latin. O n the twent y-seco nd o f November, 190 1, Bean was initiated into :\lassachusetts Alpha of Pi Beta Phi 3nd anothe r ea rnest worker was added to ou r be lo ved fraternity.

At the cl ose o f he r juni or yea r she was awarded th e Huntington schola rs hi p and held the same durin g her senior year. Th e same yea r witnessed he r elec tion to the presiden cy of the co ll ege Philomathean society, a pos iti o n whi ch she held with credit. She rece ived her deg ree of Bac h e lo r of A rt s from Boston U niv e rsity in Jun e, ] 9OS, and was electe d to P hi Beta Kappa. Her th esis o n " Wagner 's u se of the Nibe lungen- Li ed" was cons id e red an excellent work o f it s kind.

Bu t it was in he r frat ernity lif e that :Miss Bean's best qualiti es were disclosed, and h e r enthusiasm a nd lo ve for P i Beta P hi were the inspi ration o f eve ry membe r of Alpha.

K a tb eri ne Af. P o tfeto

Kath e rin e l\f. Potte r en te red the arts coll ege of Oh io State University in Septembe r , 1901, a n d on October 12 , o f that yea r was initiated int o Pi Beta Phi fr a t e rnit y She graduated with th e degree o f Bachelor o f Arts. June , ] 905·

Her work was mainl y in the depar tment o f R omanc e lang uages, but he r cour se included G.reek, hi s to ry, mat hemati cs, ch emis t ry, ph ysio logy. psychol ogy, Engli sh literature a nd economics. Professo rs found in h e r an ea rn est stud ent, regula r

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in attendance and whose wo rk was alwa ys faithfully and intelligently prepared.

A1; a college girl she took g r ea t ·inte r es t in all co ll ege affairs, th ough she did n ot t ake an active part either in athletics, the mu s ical o r dramatic club s. H er popularity and exec utive ab ility won her an enviable place on the Seni o r Social comm ittee. H er work for P i Beta Phi ha s been characteristic of a ll her work, earnest, steady and o ften alo ng th ose line s where it counts f or much and shows li t tl e.

S he is so modest about her accompl ishm en t s that her election to Phi Beta Kappa cam e as a surprise t o many, a v er y pleasant surprise , howeve r, for he r sweet disposition and gentl e manners have won her countl ess fri ends . Sh e was the on ly fraternity girl in the seni or class who obtain ed Phi Beta Kappa.

This yea r she is devotin g her sel f to th e car e of her invalid m o th er When her mother has fully r egain ed h er health, Katherine expec t s t o teach, but ha s made no definite plan s as ye t

Founding Do!! Reveries

One evening while gazing at the starlit skies I fell into a r every. The radiant fo rm s of the fair women who have come and gone fr om O UT rank s, passed be fo re me as in a dream, and I pondered over the strange ph eno mena, that with so many varied influences at wo rk, the esse nce o f th e spirit of Pi Beta Phi remain ed un changed fr om yea r to yea r . Thi s perpetual rein ca rnati o n o f Pi Beta P hi a ttribut es seeme d to be mysterious and I tried to find an explanation. I r eviewe d the ancient archives of our history, to find some clue to thi s myste r y. In vai n. So lik e th e historian of old I so ught to find th e meanin g by r eading the signs in th e sky . As I sea rched deeper and deepe r for some manifestation, my eyes became fixed upon that beautiful cluster of stars, The Pleiades. Th ey seemed to beckon and ho ld m y gaze. Gleams as from golden arrow's darted hither and thither, and Io-it stood r evealed-that

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through the count less ages th ese stars have had a cont rolling influ ence over ou r destiny. For are the y n ot a group of sis t.rs, virgin s of the sp rin g they are sometimes call ed, who on account of Htheir amiabl e virtues and mutu al affection" were cha nged into sta r s many th ousand yea rs ago, and it is plain to all who can read the s igns, that our siste rhood began then and that in the natural evolution of wo rds, th e name has g r ow n fr om tho Pleiades t o th e Pi Pleiades.

O f t hese o ri g inal s is te rs, o ne, Merope, marri ed a mo rtal and for that r easo n he r li g ht became dim in the h eave ns, but only that it might shi ne with g r eate r b rillian cy u po n ea rth.

So under this be nign influe nce o ur destiny has been fulfilled and the question "Canst t hou bind th e swee t influences o f tho Pl eiad'es" that was dema nd ed of J ob so many yea r s ago, ca n s till be echoed today concerning ou r siste rhood

In 1867 w hil e our fate was hove ring ' twi x t earth and sky a ban d' o f fa r seeing women fearin g that many bright pa rti c ular stars might vanish into space an d become comets, threw o ut a golden chain and bound th e m all toge th e r with a shining arrow Thu s unit ed and with s uc h g uiding stars (o ur sis ter s) shed ding their soft lu ste r over o ur destiny, who can compass th e lofty id ea ls o f fri e nd ship that may yet be realized by Pi B e ta Phi.

J £NNI£ S S UTL IFF.

Silver Bay Co n /erellce

The eas te rn student conference of the Y. W . C. A. was held as usual at Silver Bay, Lak e George. It see ms impos sib le that th e r e could be a more beautiful spot, and the q ui et scenery of lak e a nd mo untain fi ts in well with the atmosphere o f th e conf e re nce.

From a reli gio us stand poi nt the conference wa s as help ful and insp iring as eve r ; and th e ha ppy faces showed th at eve ryone se( m ed t o ge t just w hat sh e most wanted It was a privilege to come in contact with so many ea rn est co ll ege wome n. There

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we re mo re g irl s gathe red there than eve r before. 734 in all, rep resenting II I in stit uti o ns in J 2 states and Ca nada .

Of cou rse the number of fr ate rni ty gi rl s was small in pro porti on to the whole nu mber as fraterniti es are excluded frol11 the large women's coll eges, but th e re must have been about fort y. A new feature o f th e co nf erence was a frat ern ity con fer e nce, which met o ne afte rn oon, und er th e leade rs hip of Mjss Paxon , Kappa Kappa Gamma a nati on al st ud e nt sec retar y, t o dis c uss what fraternity gi rl s sh ould sta nd fo r in coll ege a nd how bes t Ih ey ca n use their advantages for th ose less fortunate

Th e re we re te n Pi Ph is, and we enj oye d see in g each o ther about the g ro und s. Some o f us met One afternoon down by the lake side. with Miss Margaret Ky l e. Pennsylvania Alp ha , w ho is a t:2.ti o nal student sec retary. She is as loya l and e nthu s ias tic as any in college and she to ld us muc h abo ut th e western chapters she visited .

The Pi Phis at Silver Bay \\'ere : Kyle Swarth more; AI ar)' Hoove r. Dickins on: Willa Wilson. G illi an Beck, G race Spett igue, Ba ltimo r e; Iren e Adams, Sop hi e W ood man , Mary Murtha, Barnard; Fl o r e nce Duncan , Middlebury; Grace Str ong , Universi ty o f Ve rmont.

New York Bela.

R eporl 0; Ih e F ourlli Infer-So roril )J Co n fe r ence

The Fourth Int e r -So r o r ity Con fe rence was ca ll ed by D elta D elta Delta in Chicago, at th e V icto ria Hote l, the afternoon 0 1 Friday , Septembe r 'S. ' 905 · An all -day sess ion foll owed Satur day. E leve n Sororities wer e represe nt ed, as fo ll ows : Kappa Alp ha Theta Mrs Laura H Norton, C hicago Delta Gamma . ...... .... . ... Miss E li zabeth Williams. Chi cago Kappa Kappa Gamma .. . . . . . . C1eora C. Wheel e r , St. Pa ul P i Beta P hi Miss E li zabet h Gamble, Detroit Alpha Phi . . ............. . .. . . Mr s. W illiam Forsythe, Chi cago Gamma Phi Beta ,[i ss Lillian \Y. Th o mps on , Chicago

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Alpha Chi O mega .. . . . .... . . Mr s. Richard Tennant, . e w Y o rk

Delta'Delta Delta Miss Amy H. O lge n, C hicago

Alpha Xi Delta .. ............ Robert Leib, Sprin g fi eld, lJI. Chi Omega r s. A H Purdue. Fayetteville, Ark

Alpha Omicron Pi J ea nnette Wicks, New York

It was moved and car ri ed that the rul ing o f th e la st Confere nc e in regard t o ho lding o f o ffic e hold good, and that Miss O lge n of Delta De lta Delta act as c ha ir ma n, and rs . Leib of Alpha Xi

Delta as sec re tary o f the Conferen ce . It was suggested that delegates to th e n ex t Conference bring c red ent ia ls.

Reading o f th e minutes of th e Third Co nfe r e n ce. R epo rt of the sec reta ry for the past yea r was re ad and her reco mmendation s to th e Co nf e r e n ce followed. It wa s moved and ca rr ied that the repo rt with recommendati o ns be fil ed . The expe nse acco unt kept by M is s O lgen was refe rr ed to the sec re tary and upon being verified was accepted. R epo rts o f delegates fo ll o wed: i'I[ iss Gamble , fo r Pi Be ta Phi; Mrs. 1\orton fo r Kappa A lph a Th eta; Miss Wheeler for Kappa Kappa Gamma; Mr s. For syt he (o r A lpha Phi; Miss S h ep he rd , alternate del egate, for Delta Gamma; Miss Thomp son for Gam ma Phi B e ta ; Mrs. T ennant for A lpha Chi Omega; Mrs. Leib (or Alp ha X i Delta; Mrs. Purdue fo r Chi Omega Word from t he G rand President of the Sigma Kappa wa s read by Mi ss O lge n , Mi ss Wicks fo r Alpha Om ic ron Pi, and Miss O lge n fo r Delta Delta D elta.

These r epo rt s included the attitude o f th e frat ern ity o n motio ns already passed. convention acti on having bearing u po n the Co nf erence. complaints and recommendati o ns to the Confe rence . Petition s fr o m five so roritie s seeking admissi o n to th e Confe rence were read. A mo ti o n was made that no sorority having less than fiv e chapte r s o r that ha s a si ng le chapter in a school below coll egiate rank be admitt ed to the Con ference . The m oti on carried , and consequently the Co nfe r ence will not be enlarged thi s yea r.

The second sess io n wa s dev o ted to the conside rati o n and format ion of a sim ple working constituti o n to s implify th e business of the Conference and the wo rk of the Conference S ec r etary . It wa s m oved and ca rri ed to fram e a constituti(jn to be ap-

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proved by the Grand Presidents of the so rorities represented in th e Con fe rence , and to go into effec t when each Grand President has approved. The constit uti o n was presented as follows:

Constitution

ARTICLE L-Name.-Th e nam e of this organization shall bethe Inter-Sorority Conference.

ARTICLE II.-Obj ect -The object of the Inter-Sorority CODf erence shall be t o improve the methods of rushing and pledging and to consider questions of general interest to the Sorority world.

ARTICLE IIL-Eligibility to Membership.-No Sorority shall be admitt ed to the Conference which ha s less than five chapters or which has any chapter in an institution below collegiate rank.

ARTICLE IV.-Orga",·"atio·Il.-It sha ll be composed of one delegate from each national Sorority represented.

ARTICLE V.-Mee/illgs.-It shal l assemble annually, time and place of the fo ll owing meeting t o be arranged each yea r.

ARTICLE VI.-Callillg of M eetings.-Section I. It shall be called by the Sororities in r otat ion.

Section 2. The delegate fr om the Sorority calling the Conference shall act as chairman, and the delegate from the Soror ity next in o rd e r s hall act as sec retar y of the Conference, and shaU continue in office until she calls the nex t Conference.

ARTICLE VII .-Po-..uers.-The powers of this organization shall be two-fold: first, to propose legislation to the Sororities; second, to act as a standing court of appeal to settle local difficulties reported to it by The S ororities or Pan-Hellenic Associations.

ARTICLE VIIL-Duties of Oflicers -Section I. Chairman. The chairman shall preside at the meetings.

Section 2. Secretary. The secretary shaIl keep the minutes. I. She shall send r eports of the Confere nc e, within one week after adjournment, to the members of the Conference and to all Grand Secretaries of the Sororities represented in the Conference for distribution to chapters and officers of their Sororities.

2. She shall issue questions proposed by the Conference to the Grand Secretaries for presentati on to their Sororities and shall.

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upon receipt of the result , se nd notice of same to all Grand Secretaries.

3. She shall prepare the program of the Conference meeting and instructions to delegates, and shall issue the call for the meeting.

4. She shall have power on application from any Pan-Hellenic Association to appoint a member of the Conference whose Sorority interests are not involved in the question at issue, to investigate and arbitrate any difficulty arising in the Pan-Hellenic. Expenses of the one sent to be paid by the local Pan-Hellenic.

ARTICLE IX .-Metllods of Procedure.-Sect ion I. Actions of Inter-Sorority inte rest passed by any Grand Councilor at any Grand Convention shall be reported at once to the Secretasy of the Conference and also to the Grand Secretasy of each Sorority represented in the Conference.

Section 2. Suggestions offered by tlie Conference shall be submitted as soon as possible by the Secretary to all the Grand Secretaries of the Sororities represented in the Conference Votand the result of the vote announced by each Grand Secretary to ing blanks will be sene for all motions submitted to the Sororities the Secretary of the Conference within two months.

Section 3. The Conference Secretary shall then announce the result t o all Grand Councils and Chapters: Th e motions that have received a unanimous vote of all the Sororities shall at once become binding upon all Chapters, the Grand Councils being responsible for the observance.

ARTICLE X.-Legislation.-Legislation enacted by a Sorority at the suggestion of the Conference can be repealed or modified ooly by formal action of the Sororities, who must follow the regular order of procedure. Legislation cannot be changed by any one Sorority or by the Inter-Sorority Conference.

ARTICLE XI.-Expmse.- The expenses of the Con ference shall be divided equally among the Sororities represented at the Conference.

These articles were all approved by the Conference. The delegates took luncheon together and the afternoon session convened for a consideration of new business. The stand taken by Gamma

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Phi Beta was discussed and well cClf1;sidered, and the consensus of opinion see med to be that her action in refusing to co-operate in national rules for rushing and bidding, while willing to do so in th e Social Service and other departments of work, was i II-consid e r ed and ha sty. Th e honorable action of Gamma Phi Beta in giving due notice of he r withdrawal from the compact was commended. The sense o f the Conference was that although Gamma Phi Beta has withdrawn from the Inter-Sorority compact, the compact is st ill binding on all Sororities in the Inter-Sorority Confe re nce until after the coming convention of Gamma Phi Beta. It is hoped that this state of thin gs will be r emedied, and a motion was made and carried that a s trong appeal be made to th e convent ion of Gamma Phi Beta, urging the Sorority to coope rat e fully with the Conference and that this appeal be made thr ough the presiding officer of the Conference and the Grand P res id ents o f the Sororities. Moved and carried that in case any compact is broken in a ny institution by any Chapter of a Sorority, the other Chapte r s be n ot bound. Moved and carried that in case any Sorority grants dispensation to one of its Chapters, that th e agreement be no longer binding on the ot h e r Chapters at that in stituti on.

A petition from th e Michigan Pan-Hellenic Association to allow pledging of non-matriculates was read. It is the feeli ng of th e Conference that this petition sh ould be granted on account of the peculiar conditi ons at Ann A rbor. and ca rri ed to submit the petition to the Grand Presidents with the advice that it be g r anted.

The sett lin g of the question of calling the Conference was next considered, and it was decided to proceed in rotation according to the ntling of the last Confe r ence, and th en go back to the beginning of the list. Therefore Alpha Xi Delta will call the n ex t Conference and Ch i Omega will act as sec retary.

In oreler to facilitate the business of th e Conference and to insure the best possible understanding o f our position and aims at the various Sorority conventions, it is suggested that the delegates t o the Con ference be, as fa r as possible, members of the Grand Councils of the Sororities.

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It was decided that the Fifth Conference be called in Chicago the Friday a ft ernoo n and Saturday of September, 1906, comi ng n ea rest th e m iddle o f the mont h The Social Service Wo r k of th e Conference was co nside re d at t hi s tim e . It wa s moved to ac cep t the p ri nted r eports o f Mrs . E . J ean Ne lson -Penfi e ld and Mi ss Lillian Th ompson , and th at t hey re ceive th e thank s of the Conf e ren ce fo r their s plendid work. Motion carried. Mrs. Penfi e ld' s repo rt on sec urin g th e co-operation o f coll ege me n in the f o rmati o n of Social Se rvi ce League s was read, as fo ll ows : To Ihe C ha irlllqll of th e COllferellce of 1905:

At th e las t Inte r-So ro r ity Conference a Social Service Committee was formed thro ug h which th ree lin es o f inv es ti gat io n were to be underlake n. As a comm ittee we had one meeting and, as be f o re repor ted, at this time the work was a rran ged . You have r eceived the exce ll ent report of Mi ss Thompson, Ganuna Ph i Be ta ; Miss Te!1ing, Delta Gamma, is to r epo rt at the Co nfe r e nce this month, and so it but r Clllai ns for me to repo rt on the poss ible co-ope r atio n o f fr ater nity men.

In the 64 co ll eges in w hich th e Sor o ritie s of th e Co n fe ren ce are loca ted . we find 38 national, II local and 13 profes s io na l me n's fratcmiti es . \ Ve are associated w ith many of th ese in o nl y o ne o r 11'10 in s tituti on s, but th e re are 20 wi th which we come m o re o ft en in contac t. Th e foll owi ng are t h e number of C hapte rs 'hese men's fr ate rnitie s hav e in the 64 colleges: P hi Delta Th e ta , 3 ' ; Beta Th eta Pi, 29; S igma Chi, 24; Sigma Alp h a Epsil o n , 24; D e lta Tau D e lta, 23; Kappa Sigma, 23; Ph i Gamma Delta, 22; Sigma Nu, 21 ; P hi Kappa Ps i, 20; Alp ha T a u Omega. 20; De lta Kappa Epsi lo n , 13; Delta Ups ilon, 12 ; Kappa Alpha, S; C hi Psi, 7 ; Ps i Upsilon, 7; P hi Kappa Sigma, 6; Theta Delta Chi , 6; Sigma Psi,S; C hi Phi, 4 ; Alpha De lta Phi, 4. Letters and Int e r -So r o ri ty Co nferen ce r epo rt s were sent to the P res id e nt s o f th ese frat e rniti es. Fr om some no response was rece iv ed, but fr om many lette rs we re received exp ressi ng a spirit o f app rec iati on and accord with the s ugges tions o f th e Co nfe rence, wh ic h convin ced me th at sh o uld our So ro riti es tak e up the formati on of th ese L eagues (o r s imilar wo rk ), recommended by the Conference, we shou ld find practical s up port from the men's

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fraternitie s. Stated in such general term s, this support seems intangible, but, as one president said to me (he was so much interested in th e thought as to seek a personal interview), "i1ie support of the men 's frat erniti es will become actual and specific when the demand for it is made evid ent in local s ituations." One president pointed out the fact that intere st in such wo rk depends upon the man at th e head o f th e frat ernity at th e time. Others seemed to think that, as men's fraternities alwa ys see k to foster the ideal in th ei r men , any worthy ap pea l would find a ready re spon se. One pre sident suggeste d that wh e re spec ial changes were needed, resid en t alumni o f inRuenc e and standing be quietly interested. A quiet word t o th e office r s o f t he various fraterniti es by those interes t ed in es ta bli s hing these L eagues was al so suggested. In th e mind of your chairman , it all resolves itself to a faithful study of local conditi o ns and an intelligent and tactful rea ching out for the right inRuences-depending upon Deans of Wom en , faculty an d also resident alumni and alumnae for advice.

As it ha s bee n sugges t ed that where thi s work is und ertaken it be done by the president o f th e Sorority fir st established at each college, it will be of int erest to s tate h er e the collges fo r which each Sorority would be respon s ibl e. Thi s o rder of founding does not recognize the fir st date o f organizati o n where there has been a revival o f an old Chapte r, and considers only living Chapters :

Chi Omega: Uni versity of Mississ ip pi, Randolph Macon College; South \V es t Baptist U niv e rsity; niversity o f Tennessee; University of A rk ansas, and U ni ve rsit y o f K entuck y.

G"',.,lIlL Phi Beta: U niversit y o f Michigan, University of Washingto n.

Alpha Phi : Nort hw estern University and S y racu se Universi ty.

Delta Gamllla: Mt. Union College, Albion College and Woman 's Coll ege, Baltimore.

Alp ha Xi Delta: Wittenberg Univ e rsit y, U niversity of South Dakota; Un iver sity of West Vi rginia and Bethany College.

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A lpha Chi Olllega: Xe ,.. Eng lan d Conse rv ato ry and Pennsylvania College of Music.

Kappa Kappa Gamma: University of Minnesota, University o f Missouri, U niversity of Nebraska, Ohio State Univers ity, U niv e rsity o f Pennsylvania, U niversity o f Wi sconsin , Adrian Co ll ege , Bos ton University, Barnard College, Buchtel College, Butler College, Hill sdal e Coll ege, Adelphi College, Illinois Wesleyan U nive r s ity

Kappa Alp ha T h eta: Swart hm o re Co ll ege , Vermo nt U niversity, Va nd erbilt U niv e rsity, Brown University <a t Brown Delta S igma, which has three ot he r c hapters , ex ists and was first, but is no t in the Conferenc e), Corn ell Universi t y, University of California, W oo ste r COllege, Toronto College, DePauw Un ive rsity, Alleg han y College, University o f Indiana and Lel and Stanford U n ive rs it y .

Pi Beta Phi: Ohio Unive r s ity, Simp son College, U niversity o f Texas , Tulan e U nive rsity, Bucknell University, 'University of Colo rado, Co lumbian University, Denver U nive rsity, Dickinson Co ll ege, Franklin College, Un ive rsity of Illinois, Unive rsity of I o wa, Iowa W es leyan, University of Kan sas , Knox Co ll ege, Lombard College and Middlebury College.

Delta Delta Delta: S t. Lawrence University, W es ley an University, Baker U niv e rs ity, C incinnati College.

Sigma Ka.ppas Colby College.

R espec tfull y submitted, Sept ember , 1905 . E . J EAN NELSON - PENfIELD, C ha ir man.

The Confer en ce urges that these Social Service L eagues be formed wherever practicable. The thr ee already fo rmed at the U nive r sit ie s of Illin ois, Colorado and Michigan are doing good work. After hearing Miss Thompson ' s r eport on th e legislation now in force in colleges where \ Vomen's Leagues, vVo men 's Dormit o ri es and Sorority Houses exist, the Conferen ce feels that th e re are grave ev il s in co ll eges to be remedied, and recommends that th e Pan-Hellenics and W o men' s L eagues do a ll they can to r emedy th ese evils.

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Other recommendations by the Conference are:

I. That the Secretary of the Conference be sent copies o f all the Sorority journals.

2. That all Sorority j ourna l editors be requested to send exchanges to officers of other Sororities and to all Chapters in colleges where the respective Sororities are represented.

3. That eac h editor send a complete list of nam es and addresses of officers and chapte r sec reta ri es t o all other editors at the beginning of th e college yea r.

4. That each Grand Sec reta r y send to the Co nfere n ce Secretary r evised li sts of Chapter rolls and officers to facilitate her

It is also recommended as a matter of Inter-Sorority courtesy that any Sorority member be empowered to purchase the pin of any Sorority found and be reimbursed for it.

In closing the Con f erence urges greater co-operation in the Pan-Hellenic Associations and Women's Leagues through the year.

ELLA B. BOSTON-LEIB,

Secretary FOllrt" 11Iter -Sorori ty Co»ference.

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What a Frat ernit '}! Girl TJcinks

New York Beta rec e ived th e yea rl y c hapter lette r s fo r the first tim e this sp rin g , and, while some were good, ma ny were most disappointing to a yo ung chapter eage r to lea rn The ChapterYearly what her sisters are doing. It seems as though there were ma n y things which perhaps it would n o t do it put in the lett e r in the ARROW, and these morc private matters could be discussed in the yea rl y lette r s. Usually, however, there is n ot hin g private to tell, and the girls whose task it is to write these letters wonder what the y sha ll say They seem to forget that the conditions of all the ot h er chapters are not like th ei r s; that each college has its cus tom s and traditions which mu st influence t he chapte r life. Usually in these lett e rs the girls to ld something about their fraternity lif e, their social functions, etc., which often indirectly g-ive a glimpse of the larger life, but seem to forget that t h e r e wou ld be no fraternity life were there not a college life behind it. Probab ly there is no Pi Phi who does not sincerely love her A lma Mater, but th e life connected with he r college is so customa r y with h e r that she does not r ealize how interesting it would be to the girls of other colleges.

Thin k of the difference there must be between a western c0educational universi ty and an eas tern woman's college where the only men arc professors, and a strange man in the halls creates a sensation, and where, usually, the test of a fraternity's strength is whether they will get the freshmen president I

If all the chapters would realiz e this great difference, and the cllstoms which must go with it, the letter s in th e ARROW, and th ose sent yearly t o siste r chapters would be more interesting. Ne'w Y01'k Bela.

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This year for the first time ou r chapter has had a pledge day. The experiment has proven f or us very sat is factory. In ru shing, th e girls appeared much more at their ease and Pledge Dor .1 to better advantage since both they and their Mj.ssour.j rushees knew that a special day was set apart for the se nding of invitations and that until that day the important question could not be broached. Our pledge day rul es require us to se nd a written invitation and forbid us to spend the night befor e with the rushee or to be with her before she has sent her answer In this way both the old girls and the rushees are enabled to consider the invitation more calmly and are less liable to take any ra sh step or to act under the influence of overwrought feelings.

Missouri Alpha.

A general examination and introspection would not be a bad plan for man y of us older girls. If we adopted this course, we would probably discover to our dismay many of the sho rt com ings and disagreeable qualities which we think are sufficient to bar other girls from the fraternity Aren't a great many of us like Plupy Shute, who after he had joined a frat, decided that Beany, his best fri end, and compa ni on, was not g ood fraternity ma terial t One annoying characteristic or pecu liarit y ought not to keep a girl from the Greek World. We must not expect our initiates to be perfect. Let's remember that once we were discussed very thoroughly, perhaps wanting in several details, and ye t th ey risked us.

Of course we want OI)ly the very best for Pi Phis, but we must be careful not to let the non-essentials influence us to such a degree that we can not see th e sterling qualities, which are the real foundatiOll of an ideal fraternit y girl.

Ohio Alpha.

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In some fraternities it is a rule that ooly alumni may wear jeweled pins . How would it do for all active members of Pi Beta Phi to wea r plain gold arrows? Our Pin When a new girl is taken into the fraternity th e qu esti on arises, "Who will loan her pin to the new member until she gets one of her own?" for o.f course she w'ants to wear th e arro w as soon as she may and we all want to see her wear it. If the price of a pin were added to the initiation f ee and the pin were sent for beforehand so that it was ready when wanted, would not this difficulty be overcome?

Pennsylvania Gamm<>.

Th e first Pan-Hellenic pledge day at Lombard has come and gone and we are not quite sati sfied with all the results . While acknow ledging that it has some things to recomTi,e PQn:Hellenic mend it we feel that its disadvantages more than ASSO(; IDllon ' outweigh its advantages.

In the universities wn e re th e re are so many girls to choose from and it takes lon ge r to know th em intimately it may be a help and may do away with many of th e evils of hasty rushing. But in our chapter it has not made rushing any easier, quite the contrary in fact. Our rushing has always been more or less quiet, as in a small college it is possible to become acquainted with new girls in other ways than by a great deal of entertaining. This year we were lucky enough to have seve ral freshmen whom we knew before they entered college and whom we were sure would be Pi Phis, yet we felt we must rush them until asking day as they expected it until they were asked. Consequently when the day did come we were tired out and our college work had of course been more or less neglected. We feel if we cduld have done as always before, we would have been saved much bother and expense and have gained ollr pledges just so much soone r. Of collrse the conditions vary in different school s and while the r esults were in our case very successful , we are selfish enough to

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wish that we could hav e sa ved ourselves th e lon g stra in of th ought and worry.

Were all the other c hapte rs, especi ally in sma ll colleges, entirely satisfied with a comp ul so r y pledge day and Pan-Hellenic rules? Illinois Beta.

Iowa Alp h a h eartil y agrees with the sentiment exp re sse d by Col o rad o Be ta in regard to "floa ting pl edges." Yet we know of no way in wh ic h any change could be brought

Floaling Plwges about by any indivi dual c hapter . W ould it not be wise to bring th is subj ec t up at the next conventi on and th e re tak e som e general action. Wh a t do o th e r sororities do with refe re nce to pledges who leave sc hoo l before initiated? Iowa Alpha.

In look ing ove r th e s ho rt articles o f the Jul y number we noticed T exas Alpha's pl ea for hi g h e r sc holarship and we thought perhap s she would like to know a littl e plan of Pi Bela Phi and ou rs. In the middl e o f each se mes te r w e have SCholoTThip our president go t o th e Dean of the coll ege and a sk f o r the grades and personal work of each member. The D ea n goes to some considerable t roub le to obtai n th ese repo rts fr om the va ri olls professors but he is always will ing to do so, as h e ha s told us he h ea rtil y "pproves o f the plan. A t th e same tim e thi s gives us a standin g with th e fa cult y t hat cou ld not be acc ompli s hed in o ther ways.

We would also like t o say that th e questi on o f floatin g pledges ha s bothered us as it has Colo ra do Beta according t o her last article. We think that pe rh aps pledging shou ld be made con diti onal -a girl considered p ledged on ly provided that s h e be initi ated in the asking cha pte r. Should she go t o a n o th e r co llege it wo uld be th e duty of th e chapt e r to which she was pledged to n o tif y th e second chapter of h e r desi rability. This mi g ht n ot be so pl easant for th e g irl but o nl y j ust to the chapt e r taking her. e% ra do Alp ha.

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The first weeks of the college yea r bring to all fraternities similar experiences in rushing. Of its anxiety, pleasure , disappoint-

Fralunily

Rivalry

ment and triumphs it is not necessary to speak, for tim e fits them into our college memories where the keenness of feeling gradually wears away. But rivalry often leaves an unpleasant after-taste whlch is not so easily forgotten, and which live s from year to year. A certain amount of rivalry is acknowledged by all to be beneficial to fraternity growth. It awakens a desire for advance and improvement, and inspires each fraternity to better work.

But when rivalry becomes so strong as to make hard feelings amon g the different fraternities , it becomes injurious. When a fraternity stoops to petty schemes, littl e tricks, when it employs und erhanded ways of work, then it harms not on ly itself, but lowe rs the idea of fraternity before the college world When any chapter considers only the epd in view, l eaving out of its consideration the means to that end, then it becomes a bad element in college lif e

In order to destroy sllch a fraternity 's work, it is not necessary for another fraternity to descend to the same level and work in a sim il ar manner. The fraternity whose ideals are higher must be willing even to lose a girl rather than get her in a dishonorable way. The immediate re snlts may be discouraging, but in the end the fraternity which has high ideals, a love of honor, and a determination to make the best live, will never ne ed t o fear for its ow n strength and safety.

Pewlsy[vania Bela.

Five years ago in the fall of 1900 the Pi Phis first entered into a contract with the other soro riti es here; they were Theta, Kappa, Alpha Chi and Chi Omega That yea r no bids Th .e SJluolion in were to be given ou t til1 Thanksgiving day, IllIn OI S stretching out the uncertainty and general strain for a period of some nin e o r t e n weeks. The great length of rushin g season pro ving so unsatisfactory that year, the soror iti es all decided to shorten it to four weeks, for the coming year; that

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plan proving more o r less satisfactory , mostly less. It was found that during those first four weeks of school almost no studying was done, everything, in fact, was neglected for the cause o f th e fr es hm en. The fou T weeks plan co ntinu ed during the years ,go" '02, '03, '04, until finall y it seemed as though that plan too mu st be g iven up. On talking with some of th e other sorority girls it was found that they, like we Pi Phis, found the four weeks period too long and that the long strai n of socia l engagements was telling on them as well as our se lv es. Several of them even expressed the hope that there would be no contract the coming year, thus hoping to do away with the physical wear and tear of the longer season. Last spri n g at one of the regular int ersorority conferenc es our representative s rep eat ed the sentiments expressed by them th e fall before with a plea to the doing away with a contract entirely . The suggestion, strange to say, was met with disfavor, the sentiments of the other sorority g irt s being all for the former four weeks' season . We agreed to compromise on two, this was refu sed, o n the ground that that was n o t long enough to learn to know a girl; we thought it was, but again agreed to compromise on three weeks; this, too, was turn ed down. Four weeks again we did not think we could· stand and not being able to come t o any agreement about th e matter, as a sorority, Pi P hi withdrew from any co ntra ct at all, with the othe r sororities. They in the meanwhile keeping to the (oth e r) old f our weeks agreement among themse lv es .

Complete failure was predicted for u s this year; outsiders being of the opinion that we would have to wait fo ur weeks before we could get any girls and in this way be forced to prolong our rushing season to the end .

It was for a principle that we stood; we thought that at the end of two weeks we cou ld be able to decide on almost any freshman and we have stuck to our id ea.

The first two weeks of school are now ove r; before the end of the second we had decided on every girl that we wanted. We have four pledges and our rushing season is over. We do not say that we may not pledge girls later on in the yea r, but we

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still in sist that two weeks is long enough for a general rushing season and ou r expe r ience this yea r has tau ght us that th e idea is a succe ss ful one. I1/ in()is Zeta.

Colorad o Beta find s the rul es o f the Pan-Hell e n ic allow in g two wee k s for ru shing to be quite success ful.

With Gamma Phi, Alpha Tau-a lOca l 5OTh. Shari d p. P l· hI ' f

Ru s hing Sea so n r Orlt y-an 1 11 t e on y women s ratermbes in th e unive r s it y, we think we a ll had plenty of tim e to become well acq uaint ed. The two weeks o f n e rvous strain are long enough fo r i f there were a month o r m OTC of ru shing it would undo ubted ly be very tir esome fo r both the ru sh e rs and ru shees.

Pe rh aps in g ivi ng the invitati o ns so ea rl y in the tenn we do not become well acq uainted with all th e girls e nt ering school, some o f whom are quite worthy o f Pi Ph i , but we ga in those of fir st choice, an d have the rem aining term t o become acquainted wi th th e less con spicuou s, wh o hav e des irable qualiti es.

Th e girls of Colorado Beta are g r eatly in fav o r o f th e short ru shin g season and the set pl edge day as fav or ed by th e PanHell e ni c this yea r . Co lorado Beta.

If there is on e tim e in the year when a frat girl sighs for the ca re fr ee lo t of a "barb," it is during ru shing season. Then one is al most willing to give up all that frat life Th. Pledg< Dof means, ru shing i,!cluded, and to join the ranks of th e uninitiated. The question o f th e date of pledge day is one which has been duly discussed in all its varying phases, till it see m. as if little rema ins t o be said, but Illinois Epsilon has her op ini on to add to th e weight of testimony which has already accumulated When the Pan - Hellenic Association was f o rm ed here at Nortnwestern, and rules were made t o r egulat e the ru shing, it was supposed fo r one blissful

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moment that a remed y had been found fo r all th e ill s which had hith ert o e xisted. The fir st seaso n aft e r th e for mat io n of this contract closed with a tw o weeks' pledge day. We fo und that in that pe riod , eve r y ru sh ee had had ample opportunity t o take a bird's-eye view of all the frats and to m ake a n inte nsive study of th e o ne which she pr efe rr ed, and her decision had be en made before the soci al duties con n ected with ru sh ing had had" a c hance to interfe re with her work. Wh en it came to deciding upon the tim e for this yea r, howeve r, it was tho ug ht wise to expe rim e nt with a lo nger time.

A few simp le but very distinc t rules were arranged, in complianc e w ith which it was th o u g ht impossible t o m on opolz e a fr es hman' s time. Seve ral copics o f these wer e printed in the form of a rti s tic pamphlet s which we re hand ed to eve ry ru s hee, in which s he might read fo r herself the rules governing th e condu ct of th e ol d er g irl s . Th e letter of th e law has bee n obeye d, but n ot th e sp irit, and we are now about ready to go back to our f orme r plan , that of ru shing but tw o weeks.

The problem of the len gth of the rushing season is one which vari es in eac h localit y. Each college ha s to work it out in its ow n way, a nd th en pe rh aps, af ter yea rs of expe rim e nting, when g irl s can at la s t come to see thing s in th eir true relations, some solution will be fou n d by which th e season of ru s h ing will be deprived of it s h or r o r s. Let u s h ope, s iste r s, that th a t da y is n o t far distant. lIIi'/'o;$ Epsilon.

The meeting of every eme rgency and every situation in life plays an important part in educational training o f the individual. During school life which is preTh e Educational em in ently th e educational period ofttimes we Value' 0/ Ru s hing , learn th e how of m ee ting such sit uation s without actual practice in doing so. How e ver, du ring a few weeks at least there are o ffer ed to Gr ee ks o pportunities, eme rge nci es. perhap s catast rophies which we must face.

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Th ese sit uati ons train two classes of individuals, the rusher -and the ru s hee To the ru sher in the zeal o f making one fraternity stand foremost, oppo rtuni ties are given. to use too extravagant terms in praise of one organization, to stretch the truth concerning its advantages and to mee t with silence or denial its drawbacks . When criticism which yo u think unfair reaches your ear how will you act? If a very desirable girl goes the ot her way. in what way shall you meet this situati o n ?

If at th e close of th e spiki ng season the ru sher feel s a little nearer her personal ideal as an honest , sincere and pure-hearted woman , anel more faithful to the ideal of her frat ernity, then thi s phase in her education has been ind eed a success.

If the rush ee has so lved her problem in the right way she will be sure that she has shunned a certain strong tendency to make each group of gi rl s feel that they are the fav ored. If she has n ot courted attention, delayed giving her answer after she nas decided, and if she ha s not lost any of her faith in humanity, then she, too, has gained in her soc ial education.

ImJia". Alplla.

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Alumnae Department

Alumnae R eunion

Gamma and Delta prov ince s o f the Pi Be ta P hi Alumnae Assoc iati on wi ll hol d their fifth a nnual r eu ni o n during Thanksgiving tim e, at th e Ba ltimore Hotel, Kansas C ity, Mo . Th e time of th e banqu e t is not definitel y decided u pon yet, but it is thought that it will be o n th e evening of Th a nksgiving da y, at eight o' cl oc k. Th e name s of th ose wis hing to attend th e banquet sh ould be se nt t o Mrs . V. K. Tu gg le, 3028 Harri so n st ree t , Kansas C ity. ),10. , by Novembe r 28. All Pi Phi s, active and a lumnae, a re co rd iall y invit ed.

Ti?ank sgiving Lunch eo n

Th e u sual Th a nksgi v in g lun c h eo n will be given this yea r und e r the auspices of the Chicago Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi , a t the G r ea t Northe rn Hotel. co rn er of Ja ck son avenue and Dearborn st r eet, Friday, Decembe r fir st. at tw e lv e o'clock. All members of th e fraternity are co rdiall y invited. Plates, seve nt y-fiv e ce nts. Please n o tif y th e co rr espo ndin g secretary, Kathari n e B. M ill e r, t 55 \-Varfen avenue, Chicago.

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Personals

VERMONT ALPHA

Florence Andrews is teaching in Cohoes, N. Y.

Bertha C. Duncan is teaching in Bristol, Vt.

Katherine Col1ins is teaching in Liberty, N. Y.

Effie Smithson was married on August fifteenth to Ca r ey P. Ladd, Dartmouth, '01. They are living in New London, Conn.

BETA

It is with much sorrow that we record the death of Inez Grout, '01, which occurred September twenty-first in Shoreham, Vt., at the home of her s ister, M r s. McKibbon.

Caroline Preston was married this summer to Ira Phelps Kellogg at her home in Felchvil1e. They re side at Hinesburg, where Mr. Kellogg is principal of the High School.

Mary Gregory and Charles Waddel1 were married July tw elfth.

Grace Goodhue was married to Calvin Coolidge, D. K. E., of Amherst, at her hom e, October fourth. They will reside at Northampton, Mass., where Mr. Coolidge practices law.

A lice Durfee is assistant teacher in the Essex Junction High School.

Lillian Bean has a position in the High School at St. Albans.

Daisy Russel1 teaches in the High School at Winoost.

Frederika Abraham is teaching in the Rutland High School.

Emma Bean is at her home in Milton for the present.

Amy Metcalf is teaching in Fort Plain, N. Y.

COLUMBIA ALPHA

The engagement of Joseph ine Shal1enberger to Rev. Paul Sperry has been announced. Rev. Mr. Spe rr y is a Theta Delta Chi.

Lillian Pace is teaching in Central High School.

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Ruth vVellman is in Co lorado Springs.

Adai r Morton Taylor of Louisiana A lpha is spe nding the winter in this city.

Elsie Turner is at the university working fo r her Master's degree.

Paul in e De Iesi of Maryland Alpha is studying at the university this winter.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA

Blanche Stoner is teac hing in Milton, Pa.

Wolfgang and Ne ll e J o hns on visited their chapte r in October.

Eliza after st ud ying in Germany for a year, is spe ndin g th e winter at her home in Lewisbu rg.

Ruth Sprague of Huntington, Pa., was married to Mr. Edgar Downes of B r ookville, Pa.

Lillian Fallst was married in June to Mr . Edgar R ee d o f Scottdale.

Ed ith Kelly has been el ected assistan t principal of the High School al Walsontown, Pa.

1I lar), Bower is t eaching in the High School at North Gira rd, Pa., where Helen A. Selinger is principal.

PENNSYLVANIA CAMMA

Anna Spears is teaching in Luzerne High School, Luzerne, New York.

Kathleen Gooding is studying at the University H osp itaI, Phi ladelph ia.

Mabel Kirk is teaching at Commack, N. Y.

Anna May Holl was married September eighteenth to M r. Thomas F. Chrostwaite. At home after October tenth , Hanover. Pa.

OHJO ALPHA

Jane Ryan was married to George De Camp, Phi Delta Thet June twenty-second .

The wedding of Elizabeth Higgins and Joseph McKinney

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took place September twenty-seventh. home in Scardale, N. Y. They will make their May Conne r is now assistant principal in the Athens High School.

Nell Wilson and Clarence Henson, Beta Theta Pi, were married August twenty-third at Port lan d, Ore. They ,viii live in New Or lea n s.

At her home in Glen Ullin, N. D., Mable Wickham was married to Bonoo i P la ce, August twenty-fifth.

NEW YORK ALPHA

Francis Mae Bull is teaching in Akron High School.

Isabelle MacGregor has a position in the High Schoo l in Nt;;w Berlin, N. Y.

L eora Sherwood was married Jun e twent y-e ighth t o George of Syracuse.

Eva Magee has ente red the library schoo l at Simmon's College, Boston.

NEW YORK BETA

Ida E . Lewis was married to Frederick William. Schaefer August thirty-first. The wedding was a very quiet one . Abby Porter Leland is teaching schoo l in the city and working for a Master's Degree in Philosophy.

MASSACH USETTS ALPH A

Josephine Pickering, who took her A ,,1. degree last Jun e, is now teaching German in the High Schoo l in Waltham, Mass. IVlagui re is teaching in a High School ncar Danielson, Conn.

Clara Cooke is teaching French in th e Brocton High School, ]l. Ia ssachusctts.

In June the engagement of Marion Bean to Mr. M. Robinson was announced .

On th e eve ning of October third, Anna Robinson, President

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of the Bos ton Alumnae Club, was united to marriage to Mr. David Damon Nickerso n of Jl.l.alden, Mass. The ceremo n y was held in St. Pau l' s Episcopa l c hur c h, Malden, and active and alumnae P i Phis gowned in whit e preceded the bridal party as they entered th e church. The bridesmaids and maid of hono r were all Pi P hi s a nd the favors were tiny jeweled arrows.

O n Octobe r eighteenth, at h e r home in Malden, M. Ida Hodg e, Alumna e Secre ta ry of Alpha Province, was married to Mr. Philip Chauncey Be njamin.

O n Octobe r fourteenth the Alumnae Club met with Helen 1\1eservc of Allsto n to bid her "bon voyage and a happy year," before s he started fo r her winter's wo rk in New Orleans .

MARYLAND ALPHA

Frances Dunning is spendi n g the winter at her h ome in Bed· ford , Iowa.

The e nga gement o f Elizabeth K. Culver o f Colorado Alpha to William Hazzard of Salamanica, N. Y., has been a nnounced.

Mrs. C W. Ireland (Sylv ia Ware, ' 9(0), who has been with us so long, will soon leave to make her h ome in S eattl e, \Vash.

IVlari on Boyer, from William sport, Pa ., announced her engagement t o Mr . Geo rge Clinger of Milton, Pa.

Pauline De I es i and h er mother are spend ing th e winter at "T he Cumbe rland ," 85 Thomas Circle, Washington, D. C. Mary land Alpha regre ts to announce th e loss o f Mabel Scott on account of th e death of her father, Jud ge Scott of Washington.

We regre t that Lillian Baldwin can not be with U 3 this year, but we are expecting he r to visit us within the nex t few weeks.

?l1ary Ames is now the head of the E nglish department at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa.

\ Villa E. Wilson is t aking a pos t-graduate co ur se in Engli sh at Yale.

I LLINOIS BETA

A so n was born to Lillian Harris Kinsloe, July t e nth. Emma Grubb and Frances Ross are teaching this year.

ALUMNAE DEPA RT MEN T

Edna Uhler was marri ed Octobe r fo urth to William Gilman. Th eir home will be in Burlington, I owa.

Ethel Va n Cise visited in California and Portland this summ er .

Lucy Conger May sailed fo r Japan and Aust ral ia, September fourth .

Nelle Needham is t eac hing in Racine; Bess Philbrook is teaching in Sycamore, and' Ethelwyn Gri er in New London, Wis.

Hort ense Cowan spe nt th e s umm er in Boston and N ew York.

ILLINOIS DELTA

Fanni e M. Hurft was married Augu st th e ninth to Wallace Dill ey Glidden o f Kewaunee, III.

J osephin e Coo lidge wa s mar r ied August twenty-third to Armour Moreland',

Edit h Greene and Florence Warner are attending Un iv er sity of Illinois thi s yea r, Mrs Alf r ed William s of Denver, Colo" is visiting in Galesburg at the hom e of h er parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fahnestock.

September the six th occu rr ed the marriage of Mare lla Johnston and J oseph Thoma s o f Roseville, III.

Katharin e Bagby visited our chapter fo r a few da ys thi s fall,

ILLI NOIS 'EPS I LON

Emma Doland and Mabel Ellis ar e attending the kindergarten school in Chicago, Gertrude Baldwin is teaching in Evart, Mich.

Ca rri e Mason i s t eachin g in the High School in Wate rl oo. Iowa.

Lenore Negus ha s obta in ed th e principal ship of th e K enilworth schools.

H edwig Muell er is spendin g the s umm er in Germany,

ILLI NOIS ZETA

Edit h Cla rk - Burr spe nt a few da ys with u s th e la st o f September.

Lotta Johnson is tea ching in Ne wton , III.

Angie Stedman is doing kinderg arten work in Champaign.

Hild a Whit e is cataloguing in th e public library at Saint Jo seph, Mo.

Helen Bag ley is ca tal ogui ng in the J o hn C r e rar library in Chi cago.

INDIANA ALPHA

Ethelw), n Miller, Bertha Fl e tche r and Harri e tte Palmer are studying in T eac hers College, Columbia University, this winter.

Lillian \ Veyl is attending P ratt Institute . Cora Voyles, who is teach ing hi st o r y in th e Bluffton schools, spent Saturday and Sunday , September thirtieth and Octobe r fir s t, with Pi Phi sisters.

Grace Stubbs, who is t ea ching Latin in Dunkirk High School, spent Saturday and Sunday, October se venth and eighth, at her home in Franklin.

The wedding of Gladys Mill er and Ez ro Van N uys took pla ce Se pte mber fifth.

A da ug ht e r was born t o Ma r ie Johnson-La Gr a nge September tw e nt y- fifth .

Eleanor La Grange was married t o Roscoe Voris June seventh

Mar y Hall and Dr. Geo r ge Selby were married Jun e fifte enth. M rs. Selby has been vis itin g in Franklin for a week.

Julia Dugger-Nixon was th e guest of Bertha La Grange the open in g week o f coll ege .

I NDI A NA BETA

The engageme nt of Marcella Jac obi to Herbert Leich of Evansville, has been announced, the wedding to take place in November.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT 3S

Alice Albertson, Ethel Boyd, Mabel Batman and Dorothy Pleasants visited here during the two weeks of rushing season.

A daughter was born to Marion Lockridge-Ward of Fairmount last August.

Jan e Blakeley of thi s chapter is taking the library course in th e Unive rsity of nlin ois this winter.

Pearl Franklin is teaching at North Judson, Ind., this winter.

Alma McCrum is t eac hing in the Marion City schools.

Annette Weyman of New Albany was married September fourth to Rev. Poulson of that city.

Rose Lauer of Plymouth was married in September to Mr. Wolf.

Th e girls of Indiana Beta are expecting a visit from our Province President, Elda Smith, October tenth.

Mindwell Crampton has just returned home after a few days' visit here. She is now teaching expression in a studio at L0gansport.

A daughter, Esther Mabel, was born in July to Dr. and Mrs. Burchard Hayes Roark (Mabel F. Boyce)

Married, July sixth, at her home in Vevay, Ind., Nellie Adelia Protsman to Prof. Benjamin C. Waldenmaier of Indiana Delta of Phi Kappa Psi. Mrs. F. L. Koontz , Maude Johnson, Edna Stewart, Grace Griffith, Leila Thiebaud and Nettie and Dorothy Pleasants o f Indiana Beta were present and assisted at the wedding . After a short trip Prof. and Mrs. Waldenmaier left for Washington, D. C., their future home.

INDIANA CAMMA

Nina Ely was marriec! thi s summer to Earl Edson, Delta Tau Delta. They will make their home in Indianapolis.

Bernice Russell is teaching this year in her home town, Amarillo , Tex.

Cora Hewitt will study art in New York this winter.

Elizabeth Rawls will not be in school until the winter term on account of her mother's illness.

Miss Elda Smith, ou r Province President, will visit us this fall.

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Pearl Leedy will be instructor on piano In Butler College this year.

Margaret Garretsoo will make her hom e in Houston, Tex., this winter.

Katharine Reagan and Edna Cooper visited us during rushing season.

MICHICAN ALPHA

Bertha A. Baker is teaching in th e High School at Andover, Ohio.

Leila R. Soule is t eac hing this yea r in her home c it y, Grand Haven , Mich.

Gladys Barker was married during th e summer t o Milton We st. They are living in Hoopeton, III., where Mr. West has the position of science teacher in the High School.

Vivian Lyon is attending St. Mary's Academy, South Bend, Ind.

Clara Se il er is at Oberlin this yea r but expects t o be with us again nex t year.

Effie Patch has just return ed from a long visit in the east.

Ellen Kerman is teaching this year.

Julia Soule has left college to accept a fin e position 111 the customs office of Grand Haven, Mich.

Born to Luti e Meyers De Yo., a daughter, Elizabeth.

IOWA ALPHA

Norma Courts and Lottie Allen-Babb, who were in t own to attend the Lute-Mitchell wedding, spent th e week visiting friends.

Ethel M. Cowan was married on the s ixth of September to Will F. Weibley. Phi Delta Theta. They will make their home in Mt. Pleasant.

Mabelle Payne has entered Northwestern University for a year of special study.

Lillian Jay is taking a post-graduate courSe in the Conservat ory.

ALUJ1NAE DEPARTMENT

On th e fourtl! of October, in Des Moines, occurred the wedding of Stella Guthrie to Harry Goodrick, Beta Theta Phi. Th ey will make th eir home in Oskaloosa, Iowa., where Mr. Goodrick has a position in the High School.

Grace Swan and Mayme Brenholts are teaching in La Grand, Ore.

Margaret Burnop, who has been for th e past two yea rs in north e rn Michigan, will spend the winter with h er sis t er, Mrs. Lottie B. Eaton.

Katherine Lundgren is t eaching in New London, I owa.

Grace Hancher· Beck, who has been taking post-gradua te work in the university, left in Octobe r for her new hom e in Ta coma, Wash.

Mi s Adele Brooks is in charge of the Art department of the uni ve rsity.

Ju lia Shankland is teaching in the West Des Moines schools. Martha Robinson-Parrett has moved with her family to Wellman, Iowa.

Grace Meh ler and Edyt he Young are studyi ng music in Chicago.

IOWA BETA

Harriett E Spray was married in June to Judge J. H. Henderson. Their home is in Indian ola, Iowa.

Flora Sigler has spent the summe r in Des Moines, Iowa, with her siste r , Mrs. Ralph McCu n e. We are glad to have h er with us once more.

Daisy Dent and J. Webster Hancox were married Aug ust sixteenth at Spokane, Wash. They will make their home here.

Mrs. Mable Wickhanl Place of Athens, Ohio, is with us this year Her hu sband is professor of biology in the co ll ege.

We hav e enjoyed visits from two o f our former members this summer, Effie M. Kelly of Pomona , Cal., and Mrs. E lsie Conser of Galesbu r g, III.

We regret very much the loss of two of OUT members: Mrs. Luella Kennedy ha s moved to At lanti c, fowa, and Mrs. Flo rence McFarland to Des Moines, Iowa.

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1\1r5 . Marion Cook Hawser of Tyronza, Ark., is visiting friends

Mrs. in Indianola

Florence Hatfield Stanley and spent the summer h e re visiting 1\1 rs. expect to go west for the winter. daughter, Hellen, have Stanley"s father . They Nellie McCoy is visiting friends in Chicago and Monmouth, III.

IOWA ZETA

Grace Gabr iel is teaching at Manson, Iowa, this year.

Mae Belle Allst ran d has a position as German· teacher in the high school at Waterloo, Iowa.

Bertha Alexander is teaching at Schaller, Iowa .

Leilia Kemmerer visited the chapter for several days this fall.

Mabel Rundle was recently married to Keene Abbott. They will live in Omaha, Neb

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Genevieve Church Smith has returned to Madison after a year and a half of travel and study in Europe. She has a position at present in the University School of Music, and also has charge of the music in Grace Church.

Miriam Reed and Eunice Welsh will take up post-graduate work in the Unive rsity o f \Vi SConSit1.

During the past summer three of ou r gir ls have suffered the loss of their fathers, Clara Sawyer, Selma Vognild and Elizabeth Shepherd.

Mrs. Gertrude Sober Church, the founder of our chapte r, was with us during most of rushing week.

In May, 1905, a son, Clifford Huntley, was born to M r. and Mrs. Albert Jenks of the Philippines. Mrs. Jenks was Maud Huntley.

Genevive Eaton is teaching history in the high school at Cra nd Rapids.

On September twenty-first Grac e G odard was married to Ernest Greverus at Yorkville , III. Mr. and Mrs. Greverns will make their home in Berlin , \-Vis.

Eugene Shea is teaching in Antigo.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

A daughter, Ethel Ellsworth, was born to Mell Ellsworth Pollard in August.

Lillian Haertel is in charge of the Science department of the Oconomowoc High School.

In a Wisconsin Alumnae Association of sixteen members was fOfmed in Indian and Oklahoma Territories at a banquet given for Gov. La Follette in Oklahoma City. Lucretia Hinkley McMillan, a Wisconsin A lpha girl of '99, was elected vice -p re si dent.

Bess Kennedy is teac hing in Greenwood, Wis.

l\ellie B ly was married to Archie George Ellis, September the twentieth. They will reside in Mazomanie, Wis.

Virginia Hayner·Saunders has gone to Council Bluffs to live. Her address is 204 Oakland Avenue.

A daug hter was born in September to . 'Ir and Mrs. Arthur Warren (Louise Bird).

Florence Robinson is making an extended trip through the western s tates for th e purpose of visiting the chapters of Pi Beta Phi.

MISSOURI ALPHA

Edith Dungan spent the summe r touring Europe. She returned home the first of October.

Florence Dorsey, who was with us last year, is going abroad in January.

Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Stone have announced the engagemen t of their daughter Sue to Gene Smith, Kappa Alpha. The wedding is t o be on the twenty-fifth of October.

Mrs. J ohn S. Sykes is in Columbia visiting her mother, M rs. J o hnson.

Anna Newell, who was with us several years ago, was here f o r a few days duri ng rushing season. She was on her way to St. Loui s, where she teaches Latin and Greek in one of the boarding school s.

Bess Bond is teaching in Texas thi s winter.

Born to Mr and Mrs. W. T. Williams in August, a daughter. Mr s. Williams is in Warrensburg with her mother.

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KANSAS AL P HA

Nadine Nowlin has acc ep ted a fellowship in bota n y at Bryn Mawr.

Mrs. John Cloyes (Ne ll Tay lor), Margaret Hammond, Sarah A. Wild e r, Ella Nye and Helen j o hn so n v isit ed u s during rushing season.

Win s low Hutchin son visited us a few weeks ago.

Fredri cka Bullene sailed for E urope in Jul y to spend a year. E lla Nye has accepted a position in the Hiawatha Academy.

Janette War e, Bess Bate s, Mar y Chase Chamberlain and E l sie Evans were her e September thirti eth fo r initiation

Leslie Hill has accepted a position in th e Lawrence schools

The engagemen t o f Besse Bates t o Mr. Earl Boardway of W o rces te r, :Mass ., has been announced.

Miss Hel e n Sutliff has accepted a permanent position in the library of Leland Stanford.

Mrs. Chas Wheeler (A ddi e Sutliff ) ha s m oved with her famil y to Milwaukee, Wi s.

Sa rah A. Wilder sa iled for Paris, Oc tober se ve nth, t o study vocal music.

Winifr ed Blackmar is spe nding th e wint e r in Califo rnia. Mary Copley has accepted a fell owship in Fre nch at the Unive rs it y o f Kansas.

Mrs. Florence Finch-K ell y, '8[, has a s to r y e ntitl ed "The Making of a Gentleman" in the A ugu st Recreation.

NEBRASKA BETA

lIlarried-August se ve nt ee nth , Sue Ashman to Frank W . Brown, Jr. , Sigma Alpha Epsilon, at SI. J oseph, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are living at [ 6 th & G stree t s, Lincoln, eb.

Th e engagement of Edna S. Holland t o Mr. Ra y Deputron Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has bee n anno un ced. The wedding will tak e place at Falls, City , Neb. , Nove mber eighth.

Evangeline Haz elwood Fisher, with two babies, spe nt th e summer here at th e home of he r parents.

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Married-Magnolia E. Walt to Mr. Frank Schaible, October fourth , at Fa lls Ci t y, Neb.

Anne Stuart has return ed from her trip' abroad .

Ma ry McGahey is teaching in Whittier , Cal.

Fl o rence Fiske return ed to New Y o rk City to re sum e her study of voice.

Oda C losson is stud ying in Topeka, Kan s., fo r th e winter.

Winifred Howell is studying mu s ic in C hica go.

Marne K ill ian is attending St. Mary's, Notre Dam e, Ind

Born-A girl to Mrs. A lbe rt W elto n (B lanch e Meeker) September twenty -second

Gladys Henry and Bertha Quaintance are studying at Johns H opk in s

'tEXAS ALPHA

F ay Kincaid is attending Smith Coll ege this year.

Sm ither is occupying th e chai r o f English in the Huntsville High School.

Mrs. A lin e H a rri s-McAshan was in Austin during rushing season .

Margaret Buroughs is teaching art in A ust in. She attended the ewcomb Art School last year.

Anne T ow nes has go ne to Bryn Mawr t o take a post-graduate course.

Ada Garrison is spendi ng th e wint er in east T exas

COLORADO ALPHA

Sara Herron is t eac hing at her ho me in Longm ont.

Annie H erron ha s a position in th e post office at Longmont

Estelle Holmes is teaching at Gran d Jun ction , Colo .

Edith Allison has announced her engagement to Mr. Au stin of Boulder.

J ess ie Thomp son ha s r eturned to Colorado Alpha, her mother chapt er, f o r he r se ni o r yea r.

Be rn ice Co ultrap ha s been tran s ferred from Oh io A lpha to the Boulder chapter; she and her b r other, a Phi Delt, have entered th e university.

TH E A R ROW

Fl oye L e wi s has taken up th e stud y o f vocal musi c under a prominen t in st ru c tor in D e nve r w ho pro ph es ies a succe ss fu l fu ture l mu sica lly, fo r he r.

M in a K ill go re is now M r s . Wh ittake r a nd living in o ld Mexic o .

Bess ie Dliss has re tu rned to schoo l mu ch imp r o ved in health .

M ildred McN utt ha s r e-ent e r ed the univ e r s ity on h e r r eturn fr o m Califo rnia .

E ll a Pac ka rd aft er an abse nce o f t wo yea r s has r e-ent e r ed co llege.

Laeta E lde n is ta king he r M. A. degree in sch ool afte r se ve ra l years of teac h in g.

Et he l T ho rn burg is t eac h in g in eas t e rn Colo r ado .

II fa ud e H u nn H a ley vis ited u s rece ntl y S he de light ed u s by telli ng ta les o f he r lif e on a la rge ran c h in W yom in g.

T he alum nae o f Co lo rado A lp h a, o r a ny ini tiates o f t ha t c hapt e r, who may happen t o be in Dcnver on the fi rst Sa tur day o f th e mont h are co rd iall y a sked to come to lun c heon at th e Brown Pa lace H o t el a t o n e o 'cl ock , mee tin g in th e g a ll e r y o f the recept io n floo r. An y P i P hi vi s itin g o r mo ving t o D e nv e r is cordially urged to come.

E th e l Wri g h t Rubi d g e is th e m oth e r o f a son, born la s t Ju n e.

Ma ude Kn a pp, w ho has bee n a ct in g a s ho u se-moth e r fo r Co lorado A lpha t he pas t two yea r s, h as gone t o he r home in Hut chinson, Kan s .

I n Estes Pa rk this su mme r seve ra l of our gi rl s me t Ka nsas Pi Phis-Ma r jori e M ar sha ll , E laine \ ,yeave r , Ma rga r et Boline a nd Eva Olin.

COLOR ADO nET A

Lena Ha rpe r was ma rri ed on Septe mbe r t h e n ine t ee n t h t o Alfr ed B lake T rott. Th ey make th ei r home in Den ve r

Ma r ia Mu rr ay was ma rri ed t o Wi ll iam A lexa nd e r Ei ke nberry , U n ive rs ity of l\1i nneso ta l on the eve n ing of Oc tobe r the fo urth. Th ey w ill make th e ir home in C hari ton, Iowa.

Jessie Th ompson ha s e n te r ed t lie U n ive r s ity o f Co lo rad o a t nodd e r this fall.

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_ Tita Clegg, who is t eaching school in Victor, Colo., visited the chapter for a few days.

Florence Vaughn is rec o vering fr om her serious illness-an operation for appendicitis.

Bessie Bliss and Isabel McKenzie, Colorado Alpha, have been guests in the city.

Jane Fowler, Michigan Beta, is among the visiting Pi Phis in Denver.

Alice Hayes of Stanford, was one of the regular attendants at our summer meetings. She is resuming her course in that institution.

Marie Walker, who attended the University of Southern California last year, ha s re-entered Denver University.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA

Harriette Miles, Kansas AJpha, who spent part of the summer at the chapter house, enjoyed short visits from Laura Gibbs, Illinois Zeta, and Alice Warner, New York Alpha.

Ruth Waterhouse, ex-'06, has been visiting the chapter during the rushing season of six weeks.

Mrs. F. H. Illinois Zeta, spent a few days recently at Stanford, much to the chapter's enjoyment.

Clara Cooper, California Beta, was at Stanford for a short visit, just before registration day.

Edith White and Florence Ziegenfuss from our sister chapter at Berkeley, paid us a short visit a few weeks ago.

Daisy Ryonc, ex-'06, California Beta, spent a "week's end" with the chapter recently.

Eugenia Fuller, Illinois Beta, principal of the Arlington High Sch ool, Riverside, Cal., called at the chapter ho use last month.

The marriage of Edyth Mae Hale, '04, a pledged Pi Phi, to Mr. Thomas Benton Hunter, '04, Chi Psi, will take place October twenty-fifth, in Salt Lake City

The chapter enjoyed four days' visit fro111 Mary Kendall, Vermont AJpha, who has been on the Pacific coast this summer.

A little pamphlet , announcing the future connection of Miss

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Anna F. Weaver with the Girls' Classical School of Indianapolis, has reached us. Miss Weaver was an initiate in 18g3 of the original California Alpha chapter and the new chapter here at Stanford feels more than proud in taking the liberty of claiming h er as an alumna. Miss Weaver graduated from the university in three years and a half with highest honor s and the next year she took h e r Master's degree. Since that time she has been accomplishing the very be s t grad e of sch ola r sh ip both at the Universities of Zurich and Leipzig, and in America, and for one year she took the position of assistant professor of Greek at Stanford. While h e re she assisted the head of the department of classical philology of the university in editing a Greek grammar. We cong ratulate Mrs. Sewall of the Girls' Classical School in her co-principal.

Anna Lena Lewis is at the head of the English department in the Poughkeepsie, N Y., High School.

Mary Myrtle Osborne, who was abroad for over a year, has taken the head o f th e English department in the State Normal School, Warrensburg, Mo.

A li ce Matthews , who has been for three yea r s in the catalogue department in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., has just assumed her new duties as librarian of the University of South Dakota at Vermilion.

CALIFORNIA BETA

Olive Gu ndr y-Poi nd exter, accompanied by he r little son, Richard, and her moth e r, Mrs . Gundry , left Long Geach, Cal., for T ope ka, Kans., to spend the winter.

Camille Meyers, '02, is travelin .. in Fum",,_ She will spend the winter in London with h e r s ister.

Bessie Kennedy, Jesse Mason, Tessie Hubert and Dora Bramlett visited the chapter during the rushing season.

,liss Cop ley o f Kansas City, Kans., spent an afternoon with us the latt er part of August.

Elizabeth Adams was married to Walter Brown, Beta Theta Pi , in June. They are living in Berkeley, Cal.

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Florence Fiske was married August ninth to Clarence Greenl eaf White of Cleve lan d, Ohio. They w'ent to Honolulu for their wedding trip. At present they are i n Oeveland but will make their future home in Honolulu.

May Boggs was mar r ied to Rev. Thomas Picton th e fo urt eent h of J un e. Their home is in Woodland, Cal.

J essie Pa rk s, '04, announced her engagement t o Harry Richard o f San Francisco . The wedding is to be a quiet home affa ir on th e twenty-first of October.

Chapter Leiters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1893 )

After a period of strenuous rushing we have th e happy privilege of introducing to you our pledges, Belle Anderson, J essie G. Ca rpent e r, Fanny M. Gates, Olive E. Gettman, Hazel McLeod, Katherine Mills, B ertha A. Mun sey and Alice B. S ear s With Marguerite Harwood, our pledge of la s t year, our pledges number nine and our chapter rolt is r aised to lwcnty-thrcC'. Ru shing was obse r ved with a chafing-dish party. a putting party. numerou s sp re ads, and a formal reception to the frc 3hman girls given at the Pharetra.

The girl s are t<tking a great interest at pre sent in improving our frat ernity room s and one of our objects thi s year is to make them look nice as possib le. The alumnae have been Ycry generous in aidi ng us and soon we al"e going to ha' e a new piano and new drapc=rie s for lhe window!Ot; we a r e also hoping to have ou r rooms r epape r ed.

We believe that the greater the attractiveness of th e fraternity r ooms, the greater will be the interest t aken in the fraternity by the girl s. Edith L. Heaxt, ex-'oS, I S to be married at Shelburne, Vt., on Wedne sday evening, Octoher I Ith. to George Ryder, Chi P s i, W es leyan, '01. A il the girl!; of our chapter expect to attend and, with the exception of the families of the bride and groom , we are to be the only guests . Edith is

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to be a tt end ed by Annie E. 'Met ca lf , '06, .m d Fl o r ence Duncan is to pl!lY the wedding ma r ch. Four o ther girl s o f th e chapter are to se rve.

M abe l Boa rdman, 'oS, ha s le ft college f o r a time on account o f ill health but we hopf' t o h a ve her back with u s befo re long . H o ping that every chapte r of Pi Beta Phi may have as succe ss ful a yea r as o ur s pro mi ses to be, Vermont A lph a send s greetings.

FAITH A. POWERS.

VERMONT Ut.I'A-VERMONT UNIVERSITY

(C HARTERED 1898 )

We h ave welcomed to ou r univers ity thi s year an unusually large class of \"C ry fin e girl s, many of whom we hope t o be able to introduce to o ur Pi Phi s is ters ere long

The soci al side o f college hfe is ope ning with con si de rable vim. The first \Vednesday eve n ing after registration day, th e o ld girl s gave a reception to th e fre s hm en girls. Th e jo int r eceptio n of th e Y. M. and Y \V C. A is to occu r October th e six th and, with the numer o u s teas. and r eceptions to fo ll ow, we a r e su r e to ha ve n o Idl e time on ou r hand s. A new and very fin e a thh:ti c field ha !i been opened t hi s year which we hope may be th e scene o f many y ict o ries fo r o ur t eam s.

Verm ont Beta ex tend s Ill Os t si n cere w ishe ... t o yOll all for a very prosper o u s year.

GRACE T . STRONG.

( OL Cl'I!n B. ALrHA--{jEORGE WASHINGTON UN IVER S ITY

(CHAR TERED 188g)

Th is year brings w ith it n e w problems fo r Columbia Alpha. We are st r o ng in numbe rs, more so than eve r befo re, but there are many other new conditi ons tbnt confront u s.

F o r th e fir st tim e we are re stricted by a pledge·dny, and we ha ve yet to decid e whether it is a r ea l improvement o r not. One week of ru shing is ove r , being a succession o f reception :;, luncheons and teas; not t o ment io n th e many walks and ·'sorla s.'· Th e day after college o pen s we always have an inter-frat luncheon for the fre shmen girls when th ey meet e,·crrone and g<'t mu ch g ood advice in th e toas t s fr o m the o ld er girls. Then th e fir st Saturd a.y we :'l.lways haH' a picnic fo r the girls wh o are eligible. Thi s year we spent a delightful day O1t Ruth McG owan's l ovel y home in Cleveland 'P a rk. S h e en t ertained us with her many pr etty thing s and intCff's l ing s t o rie s fr o m h l:: r lif e a s an ;trl s tud e nt in Pari s.

Our alum nae give an a nnual r ece pti o n in the o pening week of college to the faculty, the fr es hmen and th e ir mother s. It is a lways ou r prettiest and most successful a ffair . It was givm the fou rth of October in the

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college library which was decorated in a very effective manner with little Pi Phi banners hung from every light and along the walls. The ligbti were sh aded in d3rk r ed and the table at the end of the room was covered with wine carnations-and o th er things.

We are to giv e a dance in th e library tli e night before pledge·day. After th at and tw o evening affai r s thi s wee k, the s train of ru shing will be ove r

Our o nl y se ni o r o f la s t year is back with us so we los t no girl s an d ha ve regained one wh o wa s s tud} ing at ho me in Texas la s t year, but who ha s rcluntcd to be graduat e,j from GroTg e Washington. Then, we haye Mabel Sco tt of Maryland Alpha, with u s for a year, making our active chapter eighteen in number . Se\'eral of o ur alumnae 3Te taki :l, pos t ·gradu=\te work, so th e arrow I S see n in every d e partment o f life.

Ju s t as th e chapte r is strengthening, so is the univer s ity o f which we a re only a STnillJ pa rt . Athletics <lore coming t o the front and there is as in s piring a tm os phf'rc o f breadth and development. Pre s ident Needham is making George \ Violshing t on a fine institution, worthy of it s titl e 35 nati on al.

MILDRED WINAN S C OC HRAN

PENN SYLVANIA ALP HA-SWART HM ORE COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1891)

With the o p e ning o f th e co llege year enthu s ia s m r eign s s upr eme and alt the s tudrnt s of Swarthmore are looking fo rward to a very pro sperous and happy season

Two of t hp. mo st important even ts in th e annal s of Penn syl va nia Alpha are the bi rth s o f tw o Pi Beta Phi babie s, one t o M.rs. Add i so n Hannan :mrl an ot h e r t o Mr s. George K Gillette. Unfo rtunately th ey are both little boys Sl') !\ lth o l1gh we embrace th e m in o ur love yet we can n ever ha,'e th e s ati s facli o'l that th e y can enjoy the pleasures o f ou r c hapt e r .

Our ho use party <l.t the close of in June was a great success a nd. our member s can vouch fo r th e arl"antage of a c irculating le tt e r during the s ummer. . "" s our c hapter is s maIJ we s ucceeded in sending the leth.: r three times on it s r o und s, and as m os t of u s live in somewhat distant pam the se pro ve d m os t welcome.

We have such a congenial c hapt e r thi s fall a nd we a r e all ve ry s ure that by our unit ed effort s we can (' nlarge th e numbe r by the time pl e dge-day come s in the spring Only one o f ou r numbe r graduated la st year, H ele n M a r ga ret Caire , but this year we lose three

We are g oi ng to celebrat e ou r Founder's Day n ex t Thursday by a feed and we expect t o h ave a most jolly time. How nice it would be if the

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di fferent chapters could each take a peep into th e jollities of each of the others.

With be st wi o; he s to all the Pi B e ta Phi s ister s for a winter of success. BEATRICE M VICTORY

BETA-BUCKNELL COLLEGE

(C J-IARfF.RED 189:;)

Again we be gin our college work and look forward to a happy year in Pi Phi . \Vhat an exci t ing time we have had during the ru sh ing season, anti how anxiously we ha'"c awaited the re su lt of our la bo r s. September l·.venty-ninth , we gave our a nnual r eception to the freshmen and the W e h ave had infor mal lunche s , and a number of spread s which we all enjoyed immensely. October s ixth , we gave a nutting party fo r a few of the fre!'hmen and the alumnae.

During the summer a new dormitory for the gi rl s was comp leted, and thi s of COurSl' hrol1ght a great many more students t o Bucknell ,-and al so furni s hed excellent cla ss and mu sic rooms, relieving the overcrowded conditio'l o f last year.

There arc <! number oi improrements which add greatly to ou r £OmCo rt.

With b(' s t wi5-hes for a prospe rou s anu happy year for all Pi Phis. MELLIi A. 'WESTCOTT

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1903)

By thi s time we are all back at college ready to work, both for our and OllT fraternity . \Ve hope that you alI had a mo s t plea sant an d profitabl e vacation :lncl are n ow fill ed with a new enthusiasm to work.

The fre s hman class is larger thi s year than it ha s been for seve ral years. Denny Hall , ou r ntW recitati on hall , is n ow entirely completed and most admirahly equipped for work, and 'Conway Hall , th e preparatory department , h :v! a number of improv e ments made in and about it .juring th e summer. The men. who btlong to fraternitie s which have houses, h ave been b'lc:.y during vaC<:ttion fixing them up and ren o vating them so th at when we came hack everything connected with the college presented a fine appc:\rance.

Conditions at the' girls' dormito ry are more plea sant than they have been for a lo ng time and the house is fiUed, for quite a large class of girls arne in thi s year. We have pledged three of the girls of the freshman dass and Teel we h ,we gotten true Pi Phis.

Best wi s he s from Pf"nn sy lvania Gamma and s incere hopes that this 1'\'i!1 be a most prosperous for every chapter of Pi Beta Phi CoRINNE GA U L.

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oalo

UNIVERSITY

(CBARlERED (889)

Although we heartily wel co med th e good \3cation days, we we r e all gl ad t o r e turn t o Ohio Uni\te r si ty t o become ac ti" c in and s h a r e the joys of co ll ege and frat e rnit y life . W1e 3 f C very fortunat e in h aving back with us fo r th e year all o f our o ld girl s with th e excep ti on o f onc, w hom we grt';uiy mi l's--Be rni ce COll ltr a p--w h o ha s go n e to B otlld cr, Col., ior the (' o ming yea r But her place h as been tak en by one o f OUf old girl s, who was no t a n active la s t yea r .

Vie ha\'c been very bu sy cn:- r s ince the ope n ing of co ll ege. A ll th e ol d f!irl s retnmerl early th at they m ight h ave plenty time t o get se ttl ed llf"fore th e rushi n g bega n OUf chapte r will be much larg e r th is year than it was la s t and 35 a l1 th e girl s a r c so e nthu sias t ic, p ros pect s fo r a successfu l year are excepti onally bright.

Th e general dass o f students is mu c h be tte r than it has heen he re to fo re. '.V(' ha ve a n o f good mat e rial from w hi ch t o c hoose. Not only do sc(' ;m impron-: ment in th e cla ss o f !: turient s but al so in the college in gen e ral. Our n e w library is now fin s h ed and is a s beauti fu l a nrJ com pl l'tl' :\ libra ry as I S fo und at mos t colleges. Th en t oo, all !:he s tudent s t ake such great inte r est in athletic sport s. Ou r foo tball team i s compose d o f fine ma te ri al a nd is under ve ry capahle management. On Saturday, S eptember thirtieth we played Marietta Collegc, the scor e being o to o. On S a turda y, O ctobe r se venth, we play Wa s hingt on and Jeff e r son, ::\'1d we h ope that we s h a ll come ba ck victorious.

The mos t im port;mt ru n c ti o n o f our ru s hing sea son \va s a rec e ption, given o n Saturd ay a ftern oon. S ep t embe r s ixteenth , from 3 untiT 5, in ou r frat ernity h a ll W e inv ited all th e new girl s, wh o m o ur hall wo uld accommo date, no ' ve rt" v er y succcssfn i in sec ur ing all which we th oug ht wou ld make goo(1 Pi Phi s. Th !lt th erc were n umerous info rmal affai r s, s uch M part ies and sp r ead", wh ich a r e so to t he life o f th e co ll ege girl. On Saturd ay e\'e ning , Sepember tw e ny -t hird , th e Y W C. A. a nd Y. M . C. -'. . a joint reception in th e college gymna sium . It wa s very well atte nd ed a nd a ll had a delightful time. On Saturday af teTn oo n. Septemhfo r tw enty third. th e c.lormi to ry gi rl s gave a reception to t he o th er cl) l1 ege gi rl 'i. Thi s gave th e Pi Phi s a t th e d o rmit ory a s plendid opportunity to become bette r acquainted with ou r ru shees.

Th e Tri Alpha s th e loca l fr a ternity here. arc expec ting to get a ch;trte r fr o m so mt" nat io n al fr a t e rnity If th ey s ucceed. we will find in the-In o ur fir st nati o nal riv a l.

\Ve expect to hold ou r mock initiation in two weeks and are bu sy inAaRow-4

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venting new schemes of torture vV e will hold OUf real initiation a week la t er. In our next letter, we s hall be able t o introduce to you sev era l new Pi Phis, of whom we th ink we can all be pr o ud.

'With be st wi s hr s to o ur s ister chapters for a prosperou s year.

MARY SI).ION

OHIO hETA -('o HlO ST,\TE UN I VE RS IT Y (C HARTER ED 1894)

An o ther college year li es before li S and w e are ente ring upon it with th e greate s t anticipation. We have s ix n ew pledges: Hilda Co rwin , Ruth Wil so n, De rtha R a nkin, Helen Smith, Coma Greiner and Helen Clarke, wh o in about two week s will be initiat ed int o Pi Beta Phi.

This h as been th e fir s t year th a t the P a n - Hellenic rul es have g one in to effect h ere at Ohi o State- that is limiting ru s hing and es tabli s hing a pJ crlge-day It seeme d ve ry hard at first to co nfine our ru shing to on ly three parties a year wh en we were accustomed to ha ve littl e parties whenev c r we plca $c d , bllt no w we r calize the wi sd o m o f thi s rul e, for it requires mo r e incii\,jdual ru sh ing a nd th at cou nt s the mos t after all. \ Ve ha d always " hid" our girls as soon as th ey matriculated but this year we cou ld not bid thel11 until tw o days afte r matriculati o n , the twentyeighth of Sept e mber. and then not until a ft e r fo ur o'clock The s u spense was dreadful , but thi s feeling wa s general among all the fraternity girls, so we wer e not the only one s di s turbed

We will have, after initi ation, se venteen active g irl s, be s ide s Gertrude Jack son, who though in college , will not be active tlti s year We have t wo tran sfe rs al')o. Mi ss Ha ske ll o f Nehra ska Beta and Mabel R o rick of Ohio Alplra.

W e h aci a great s nrpri s e when we ca me back to co ll ege thi s yea r and found our Gab Roo m all r emodeled , wit h tint ed wall s, fre scoe d ceiling and n ew fur'litnre. It is a \"Cry pr e tt y place to st udy in, and we feel t hat it is quite an ;m pro\'emen t on th e old one.

Ohio Beta se ne s her be s t \"ish ec; fo r a success ful ru s hing season to all h e r siste r chaplffs.

ELIZA BET H H BAN CROFT

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UN IVERS ITY

(<':HARTERF.D 18<;6)

Anothcr college year has begun a year which I trust will be full o f pl ea s ure fo r all o f nur Pi B e ta Phi

For th e girl s o f New York Alpha th ese first few weeks have been very bu sy as well as ve ry plea sant o n es. Altho ugh each of us came '6ack tell ing o f the plea c: ant vacation we h a d dur ing the su mm e r , we all

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,," ere glad t o he togeth e r aga in to enter upon the chapte r h ouse life and duties.

In Syracuse University the local Pan-Hellenic has set pl ed ge-day on November fir st. Thili early date necessitates h,ud and s teady rushing, as t here are ten other fraternities ru s hing as hard as we. Planning and att ending parlit'S , therefore, has been our chief occupation, outside of collpge work. One of the important events in the ru shing , that we a r e anticipating , jf th e fine weathe r conti nu es, i s a drag ride out in the country.

We a r e delighted with the freshmen girls th at we have set our hearts on making Pi Phis , and we hope t o be able to a nn ounce to you in the next chapter ietlcr, a good delegation of loyal members.

Girls fr o m each of the fraternitie s in the university are meeting this fall in t enri s tournaments. One of our girls has the tennis championship among the women so we feel in great h opes tha t Pi Beta Phi will have th e h o n o r of getting the sil\'e r CtlP which is offered ;\s a prize . \Ve are ve ry glad to announce thnt E va Roc was graduated last yea r with the highe st hon o r of her cia:..;. She was elected t o Phi Bela Kappa N. ELlZ BETH MOULD.

NEW YORK DETA-B RSARD COLLECE

(CHARTERED 1904)

We hope that the girl s of other chapters have h ad as pleasant a su mmer as we have had and arc as glad to 'ice each other and get down t o wo rk g;\in.

We wi s h r epresentatives of all the chapter s might h ave been at the Sih'e r Bay Y. \Y. C A. conference in June. As it was, th ere wele ten Pi Phis and we mjoyed so Illuch seei ng each othe r about th e grounc!s; the afternoon by the lakeside which we spen l talking with i>.liss Kyle, will be r emcmberf'd as 1110st e n joyable. Everyone of tiS wa s proud to own her as a Pi Beta Phi a nd glad to find her as loyal and enthusiastic as any girl in college. She t old us about her yis its to the colleges of the west and it br(lllght us much clo se r to the far off chap t ers. Six of us girls had a ve ry plea sa nt experience on the way h ome. Willa Wil son, Grace Spcttigue. Baltim o r e: Mary Hoo ve r. Dickin so n , and Irene Adams, Sophie W oorl man an'd Mary Murtha, Barnard , visited a fri end of the latter in Waterford, near Albany. We s pent a delightful a ft ernoon and all came down to NE'w York on the Albany night boat together \ Ve have rented a \'Cry pleasant. sen n - room apartment in a de s irable building n ea r college fl)r our c hapt er h ome thi s year. Three of the girls are living Rere with a re s iei ent chaperon. At pre se nt we are busy furnishin g. The cost o'f th e undertaking i s quite form idabl e but we hope to carry it through successfully. Th e New York Alumnae are helping U3 !:lome, and will hold their here The address o f our new home

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is "The Bryn Mawr," corner Amsterdam Ave. and 1215t St., New York City. hope we rna,v entertain many vi5iting Pi Phis here this winle.',

The freshmen is unusually good thi s year and we hope to do well, but of course, as may be imagined, it is hard bei ng the youngest of seve n fratcrnitit" s at Our plans, at present, are rath e r upset, a s last spr ing afte r seve r a l Pan-Hellenic meetings it was decided to have pl edge-day. as last year, the fir st Monday in December and that each ch a pt er be allowed t o e ntertain the same girl once a week. But now we find that the (<telllty are very much opposed to so mllch ru shing and for the benefit of the college think that pledge -day s hould be later. Theta, Alpha Phi a nd Pi Phi we r e much oppo'icd to the late pledge-day but we have giv en in at last. The compact will probably s tand as follows: Pledge-day the fir s t M 011day in April, a Freshman may only be entertained once a month Ily a cl:apter or member of a chaptl'!r and in college a freshman mt\y only be enti'rtained ::tt lunch once a week by only two upper-class girls. Of cour se, the se restrictions will l:ut down o)ur ente rt ain ing vcry much 'N c have already given onc P:lfty in September and are planning for a dance in October.

Entertainments for the freshmen keep all classes busy in the autumn . Th e Y. 'V .C. A. r ece pti on to the class of 1909 was given on Friday, Sept ember twe!1ty-n!nth at Earl Hall. and a very pleasant afternoon was passed. Last Friday, 1908 gave 1909 th e " My ste ries ," the h isto ric init iation of the freshmen into Barn a rd College. Th e jun io r and senior entertainments a re coming, but o f them in another lett e r .

One of OUf girls. Mary Murtha. is ill at present but we tru s t she will be back at {'o ll cge soon. She holds so many important offices in college that her ahsence is a genuai loss.

W e enjoy<"d very much, last Tuesday, a visit fr om Sarah \Vild er of K ansas Alpha, who was here on h er way to Paris. It is thi s meeting of strangers who are not stra.ngers in the true sense which makes us realize what our fratt'mity means.

'"'lith best wishes fo r a most prosperou s ru s hing season.

SoPHrE PARSONS WCODMA:-i".

KASSA CHUSEITS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1896)

After lhe dl'iightful weeks of vacation and re s t. Massachusett s Alpha is glad to come back to the work which li e s before her. We miss the two senio r s who left us last June and the few others who did not cOllie back this year, but still we consider our se l vcs , ' c r y fortunate with Ol!r seven s enio r s. five juniors, and fin so phomores

We are s till in the midst of our four weeks' ru s hing season and a very busy lime it is; we wi sh that we might introduce our prospective pledges

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t o you but pledge·day is s till a num ber of weeks off. The season has been very lively and full of good times. There was the outing at historic Marblehead, with a picnic lunch on the rock s and the trolley-ride home at s uns e t, and then the trip to Echo Bridge, Newton, with a cha6.ng-dish sup per a t the h o mf" of onc of our girls.

We have a very pleasant suite of room s this yea r in the o ld Adallis house on Beaco n Hill. It was in OUf chapter room that Mi ss Alco tt wrote some of her delightful s tories, and in these plea sa nt rooms we ha \' e servetl many a dainty luncheon for OUf prospective s iste r s .

Last Tuesday evening, Anna K. Robinson, th e pre s ident of our ah.. mnae, was married to Mr. D avid D. Nickerson. in the Episcopal Church a t Malden All the active chapter girls were bridesmaids and assisted a t the recepti on afterwards. Anna has always been an enthusiastic hclp..:r and we wish her all joy and happine ss in her new life.

On Friday evening th e chapter gave a large party a t th e home of Lora Pratt in Brookline, to which the coll ege men were invited.

A number of girl s are s taying in th e city thi s year a nd if they continue to do so Massachusetts Alpha will have to look abou t for a fraternity hOl1se.

Next Friday we are going to have a picn ic an d o ld - fas hi o ned suppe r at Mr s. Roswell Phelps' home in East Dedham as a grand ending for the ru s hing seaso n

The year looks very bright to us and Massachusetts Alpha sends best wi s h es to all her sisters that their ou tlook may be a.! pleas ant.

MILDRED ASHTON WRIGHT

lofARYL.AND

AI.PllA-THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE 0.' BALTIMORE

(C HAR'rERED 1897 )

College ha s now be en ope n for about thr ee weeks and we are fairiy started upon our six week s' " ru s hing" contest. Th e whole freshman class se<'m s so desir::.hle that 0\1r only trouble so far ha s been t o decid e which of them we want mo st

Thi s year th e Pan - H e ll enic Association rule s were all mwe with the one aim ,-to cut down the expense of "rushing," for all realized that in this exciting time expenses a r e often Inordinate. Expenses are limited to ca r far e, " treats" and a we ekly tea in the cozy ('orner, with one Lig function as a climax before pl edge- day. Of course, thi s arrangement is only an experiment yet it bid s fair to lead to a more perfect understand ing among the fraterniti es th an h as previously existed ,

Our only college function s so far have been given in hon or of fre shm e n Th e Y. VI C. A, ga\'e its annual reception the fir st Friday :l.fter college opened. Following th is the ever-present sop h omor es had to have th eir turn. As h:uing ha s been abolished they turn their entertain-

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menl into a Barnyard Party As each gue s t arrived she was required to imitate the nQise of some barnyard animal and the o nc at which s he was mo s t s ucce ssfu l s he was bidden to repre se nt the remainder of t h e ('vening After playing all sorts of childish games with animals of he r own kind. s h e wa s sold at auction to a so phomore who claimed he r as pa r tner for the fir st dance. A few day s later t h e f r eshmen again don n ed the ir be s t clot h es and wcnt to the tea given them by the seniors. A n {l now that these annua l events are o\' er the freshmen are all passi n g in r eview before the fraternities and Maryland Alpha hopes to introduce many of t hem in to Pi P h idom before the next ARROW tetter.

With bt'st wishes to all Pi Phis for a mo s t s ucce ss ful year.

BETA PROVINCE

[LUNOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE

(C HA RrERED lSi::! )

I wonder how many new co rr espon ding secretaries th e re are and if th e y all puzzled their brains as hard a s 1 did Lombard is flol1rishing under its new president. Dr. Fi s her. Seve r al changes have heen madc in the faculty and we feel very well sa ti sfied with o ur equipment. The campu s the pride of every Lom bard s tud ent's heart , was just as beautiful upon our retu rn this year as always. The leav cs have hegun to turn and drop off the tree s. Th ey ha\'e the happy faculty some way of reminding olle of marshmallow ancl. all kinds of good times. as well as fall "exams. "

Thi s is the fir s t year of Pan-Hellenic rul es and pledge-day wi th us. Our "rushing" season only la sted tw o weeks since our college is small and we can become acquai nted with the in so short a time Seyen of us o ld girls returned, and since we were few in nembers we knew we mu s t work, \ Ve ga ye a r eception t o all the new girl s at the home of Marion Wch ster the fir st Saturday after schl)() l began. It a gre<l.t success. Our patronesses also entertained u s at di n ner at the club house. Vve rowed and danced dnring the evening an'" enjoyed ourseJyes as olily a crowd of girls can. Ou r "rus hing" wa s rath e r strenuou s sin,=e it co\ered so short a time. But the worry and work is all over now and we f eel fully repaid for everything we put into it.

Our pledges out-numbered the active girls :\t the end of the tl rushing " season , This seemed strange but we girl s felt very proud of our work

LAURA S . PRESBY.

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\ Ve n ow have the largest number of girls in the hi s to ry o f ou r chapter, for a g ood many yea r s, a t lea st. The nine pledges are, Th ea Gallic.ay Nelle Vandenberg, Loui se Newman. E th elir Conger, Carolyn Fi she rl Loui se C laycomb, Pearl e Burn sid e Lillian Courtney and Ca r oline Hurd.

We ha ve h ad one in itiati o n s ince sc hoo l Marion W ebs t e r a nd

T h eo Go lliday are now weare r s of the a rr ow. About tw e lve o f o u r :l.lumn ae we r e with u s a t th e initiation and "cookie·shine" afte rward s. Tw o of th e m were c harte r m e mber !<. E,'c rything see m e d t o work toge ther to make thi s on e o f th e nicest initiaton s we h ave ever had. Over th e s:}iad anti ca k e we pledged o ur se lve s t o a yea r o f good hard work for Pi Phi

I am n o doubt bori ng you with account s of ent e rta inm e nt s and " ru s hing " parti es. But o ur wo r k ha s be en going on, too. We hav e among ou r numbe r se veral o f th e bright es t girls in th ;! colhge and we ha"e nev e r fel t th a t th e sc holarly gir l ha s bee n lo<; t s ight of in all th ese good, busy t im es. W e grea tly mi ss o ur o ld "frat " sisters a nd no doubt they , t oo, seem lo! t with ou t th ei r o ld "frat."

Illin ois B e ta send s t o all Pi Phi s best wi she s fo r a s ucces s ful y ea r .

RAY DILLON.

I LI.INCIS nELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1884 )

Th e pas t f ew weeks h ave been d evote d t o "rushing," a nd pledge - day will very soon be here ; th en we hOl>e to introduce sev eral n ew wearers of th e nrrow. On S ept e mbe r !'ixtce nth t he Pi Phi girl s h e ld a "cookieshin e" a t the hOllle of o ne of our active girls, '¥ inif r ed Ing e r soll A num be r of o ur alumnae were present and we had as guests of h o n o r several n e w girls. On th e eveni ng o f September twenty-ninth, Illin ois D elta gave informal dance at the Soangetalia club h ouse and the occasion pr o vt"ri a very plea sant o ne. Anot h er a ff ai r which eve ry o ne .en joyed was a pro gressive dinne r , given September tw e nty-seco nd . The r e ha ve been seve ral thimbl e par t ies. lun c h eo n s a nd r ecep ti ons given at which activ e and a lum nae of Pi Phi were pr esent.

Whil e o ur ch ap t e r t hi s year in all probabi l ity will fl l) t 'e as large as la st year, n e " c rth e less all th e ac ti e girls a r e looki ng fo rward t o o n e o f the plea s ante st years in th e fraternity. \ "Ie hav e been h av ing o u r u su a l wee kly fral ern ity m ee t i ng s and intere st in Pi Phi i s as keen as ever. After "rushing" season is over each of u s w ill feel th at th e tim e fo r h ard work in studie s ha s co me, though g ood tim es will n o t be e ntirely laid a s ide.

Illin ois O e lt a sends plea sant greetings t o eac h and every c h ap te r o f P i Beta Phi

LoUISE M cINTOSH.

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ILLiNOIS EPSJLON - UNIVERS ITY

(CHARTERED 1H94)

1t is with diffi culty th at I can co llect my th o ught s s uffi c ientl y t o t cl l the r est of o ur Pi Phi sis trf s wh a t Illinois E p si lo n h as been d oi ng since h e r las t lette r. W e are s till in th e m id st of " ru shing" season with pledgeda y tw o weeks off. It is th e la tes t pltdge day that Nort hw es t e rn h as eve r known, and I think thal everyone will be reany t o go back to th e t wo weeks Ih21 we had last year. We had drawn up w h a t everyone co nsidf r ed a very code o f laws, intended t o rtduce th e .,;trai n ::& nJ th e general nf:rVOlisness oi It a ll t o th e minimum hut it's th e sa m e o ld sto r y o f th e "be s t la id pla ns."

\Ve had a fire in Will a rd du ring th e su m mer, and some of the " fra t" r ooms were entirely burned out, though we escaped uninjured eve r, they are redecorating our r oom and it will be some t ime before we shall be a ble to hold our meetings there. We a r e ve r y f o rtun a t e in with us in sc h co l thi s year a trans fer fr om I owa Alpha. as well as al l I owa Ze ta wh o ha s m oved t o Evanston to li , e. Th e two girls whom we t ook i n las t s pring h an prov ed to b e enthu sias ti c Pi Phi s and we are looki ng fo rward to one o f the m os t s llccess f u l yta r s that we have' eve r had .

lIIin o i s Epsilon se nd s he r best wi s he s to eve r y member of Phi Beta Phi. M YRTELLE H . R OG ERS

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOI S (CHARTFRED 189 5)

Th e most st r enu o u s part of " ru shing" season i s over for Illinoi s Zeta and we a re contented to r est on ou r oars for awhile. In th e past week we have pledged four freshmen. all of them girls Hru s h ed" by the otber so r orities h ere. Perhaps we a r e fee ling th e more triumphant ove r o ur s uccess owi ng to th e fact that thi s fa ll we r e turned to the old non-contract which wa s abandone d some fi ve yea r s ago. Outsiders predicted disaster. but it was with the fullest r ealization of what w e w e r e attempting th at we tllrn ed back to the old tactics Of cou r se, every Oilt! acknowledges ou r girl catches, an d th e mos t fair-minded a dmit that they are t he mos t desirtthle girls of th e year. So milch for th e fr es hm e n.

A year ago this time Illinois Zeta was living in a house rented f o r th e sc h oo l yea r At th at time we dimly hoped that we migh t be t o change on r Quarte r s for bett e r this year, but the idea of a n ew hou se no d one "I' ou r own had never ente r ed our head s Some o f ou r ambitious t own girl s got together toward the end of las t year and fo nned a plan by w hi ch we might be able t o ha\' e a house all ou r own by thilf

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fall. The plan, which was an excellent one, was heartily agreed to by all of us. and before we left school in the sprang the foundation to the new hous e was already in. It was completed by the midrlle of Augu:.t and settled the second week of September in o rder to be r eady for the fir st week or so of the strenuo us attacks on fre shmen.

Outwardly the house is subst a ntial and commodious in appearance, and when we come into it, it is a r ea l home. T ow n girls, patronesses. in fact everyone in the lea s t conllccted with u s have ou tdone th emselves to help in the necessary furni s hings and comfo rt s. The othe r day. th e patronesses sent ove r an t:xqui!.ite dining room set in the mission furnitu:-e, consis ting of two t ahles, butTel and two dozen chai r s.

'Wit h all our rlear freshmen, four o;plendid tran s fers , and th e new hou se we cer tainl y think we have eve ry right to expect a most happy and pro'" perous ye:1r and ca n only hope equal s uccess is the lot of all our siste r chapter

ANNE B. WHITE.

INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

(C HAR rERED 1888 )

We are SlI r e that all our s ister Pi Phis will be glad to kno· of ou r s u ccesst's awJ re joice with us. 'W e have a fl e w president, Dr. E. U. Bryan , formerly of Indi ana University, from whom we expect great things. He tak es great interest in the coll ege and it s organi za tion s and we that we have gained much in obtai n ing him for ou r presid(·nt. The number of new stlldents is large, so in many ways the collegt! is in a pro spe rou s condition.

\Ve issut'd written invit ations to become members of Pi Phi to thirteen girls ju s t one week after college opened. In the meantime we had en· tertain ed the girls seve ral tim es and had had a chance to become acquainted with th em. All of ou r invitations were accepted and we are !:lure that the girls will be a great help to u s.

Vie are located in our new chapter house and hav e for our matroYJ, one of our alumnae, Mr s. Claude Herdricks, whose hu sba nd i s away for the wint er. There are eight of us girls here and we enjoy the chapler hou se life very much . \Al e are \'ery much pleased ove r o ur prospects and close with be s t wishe!oi to a ll Pi Phis.

MAY McDo WELL-

INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UNIVERSITY

(CHARTEREI>' ISgJ)

We have been very busy for the past f ew week s, btlt now the rush is over, and we begin to look forward to the next number of the ARllO'Y to see if th e othe r chaptf'rs have been so fortunate as lndiana

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Although thi s ha s been the harde st and mos t st renu ous rush in thl! hi s tory of the university, we have $c \' cn ne w girls already loyal Pi Phis. They are, Violette Miller, Edith Spencer, Nan A shton Neat, France s Richart, Mary Banks L ingle. A ida Crain , and Barbara Voyles.

Thi s is th e fir s t year that " ru s hing" at Indiana ha s been limited , and our co ntract cove r ed a p e r iod of eight day s, allowing us on ly three fune · ti o n s during that time. OUT first was a large dance; the second wa s a small dinner party a t which only s ix active girl s and the "r u shee s" could be present; and th e las t was an aft e rn oon reception at which we entert ained " ru s hees," patrone sses and facuity. \W1il e our s uccess this year ba s been all we could de s ir e, the fight to win it was unusually hard , a nd th e gen e ral se ntim ent o f all the soro r ity girls of Indi a na University is ogahls/ the contract. We are all rcady and willing to work for Pi Phi, and we work with a determination to make it win out, but if the C()Otr act mak es it so mu c h harder for li S, then s hould we be forc " d int o a contract? I ho pe thi s is the la s t time to have o ne S e veral of ollr old girl s were hack to help u s in the "rush," but they Mve all rdumC'd home, CI nd we have settled down into the o ld routine. 'Ve have the added co n venience of ha ving our meals se r ved in the house thi s yea r and it makes us more than ever Ho n e big family.' We are expecting many good time!' this year anr! our pro s pects for a good yea r are the "cry brighte.o; t, as I tm s t are th ose of every othe r chapter.

Yours in Pi B eta Phi, MARY SAMPLE.

INDIANA GA)IMA-nUTLER COLLEGE

(C HARrERED 1897)

BOlh college 2nd frat ernity ou tl ook are bright fo r u s this year. Our college ha s :1 la rg e r atle ndance th a n ever and there Is abundance of ugood material" fo r the fr a ternitie s. Eight active girls and two pledges r eturnerl to us, and we expect two more Pi Phi s back after Chri s tmas. ·'iNc have fini s hed a hurri ed ;' ru s hing" season as ou r contract with Kappa Kappa Gamma mf'reJy s tated that a ll frc s hmen s hould be matriculated hefore being pledged. Although we much prefer a longer contract, yet we ha\'c been very s ucce ss ful in our " r u shing," ha\' ing gained six new girl s. We ga\'e thcm the u s ual r o und of entertainments, dinners, dri· es and "s pread s." It is rumored that Kappa Alpha Theta ha s granted a ch a rter to :\ cluh of girl s in our sc hoo l and if so, hereafter we may h::)\:e a different " ru shing" contract.

Octobe r fifth we initiated our eight pledge s who are, Josephine Besaw, Akron, Ohio; Mary Clark, Danvill e, Ind .; Lilian Bergold, Springfield, TIL; Mary D a vi s, I ndianapolis, !nd .; Mildred l'l oo rehead , Indianapolis,

Ind.; Edith SClldder, Indianapolis. Ind .; Hazel \Voody. C awker City. K;ms.; Sara Paterson, Orallgc, Ind.

J"diana Gamma se nds best wishes to all Pi Beta Phis.

BERTHA LOFTIN EMPEY.

MI CHIGAN' ALPHA-HILLSDALE CO LLEGE

(CHARTERED 1887 )

Michigan Alpha is beginning the year with eight acti\"c members an d two pl edges, Virginia H olla nd a nd Polly Branch, who will be initiated before thi s lett e r appears in print. We were so glad to have Julia Soule, of Grand Haven , Mich., back with us thi s year; but, to our great regret, s he has left college to accept a position in the customs o ffice in her home city. SIll' was iO"cd by th e girls, cspec:.iaJiy by those in the dormitory, because of her constant thoughtfulness and sympathy.

Two of our active chapter and onc of ou r alumnae attended the Lake side Conference of the Young 'Women's Christian Association, mee+:ing severa l other Pi Phi s. Hill sda le had the larges t del egatio n of any Michigan college. We n oticed what a large proportion of th e delegates wcre fraternity girls, :l. fact that would seem to indicate that frat e rnitj girl s are interested in something better than merely sp read s, parties, and fun, which, thou gh only the incidcntal part of our frat e rnit y liic, ,is frequently thought hy o ut s iders to be the mo st important Michigan Alpha is h oping for a plea sant and success ful year, a hope tflat she extends to ;\11 o th e r chapters of Pi Beta Phi.

CHARLOTTE E. SHEPARD.

fl ET A-USIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

(CHARTERED 1888)

Three weeks ago we opened ou r chapter house , but this year we had th e new experier:ce of renting an unfurnished house. Th e re s ult is we h<.\' c a vcry pretty h o me furnished as wc want it and with ou r ow n furniture.

Ru s hing season was very st r e nuou s this year. It began one week before college opened and has just come to a close. As a result of this bu sy season we are glad t o introduce to you our n ew pledges: Gladys Jame s, Mur iel Jame s, M:lrgaret Breck. Ethel Melin, Dai sy Olney. Annabel Carey, Rhona Starr, Caroline Edwards.

We hope yOll all h ave a s bright pro s pects for the coming year as \I,oe lla ve.

D ORA PAYNE

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IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1868)

Another sc hool year has opened and Iowa Alpha ha s entered upon hf"r t hirty-eighth year of active chapterhood. She welcomes back eig ht active' girl s and three pledges.

On the twenty-fifth of September Alpha Xi Delta very pleasantly entert ained all the girls in college at a reception. The house was beautifully decorated in goldC'n rod which was then at its best.

As several of our "old girls" were with us a short time ago, we invited them to a "cookie shine," How they did enjoy talking over old times tcgether and with us. The spi rit o f all th e past feasts, 'cookie shines" and' friendships was present and we all pledged anew our faith and love for Pi Phi. OUf alumnae chapter entertained the active chapter, pledges and seve ral new girls October ninth. \Ve are truly g lad that we have an alumnae associ;tlion and that they are so intere sted in ti s. We feel that the active c hapt er that ha s n ot the s upport and co-operation of an alumllae chapter is indeed to be pitied.

As yet we can not intr od u ce any new girls to you as our pledging day does not come until the week beCore Thanksgiving and the " ru s hing" crisis has not yet been reached.

Wi shing all of our sis l er chapters a h appy a nd prosperous year, Iowa Alpha bids you farewell for 1905.

MARY

IOWA UETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE (CHARTEUD 1874)

BROOKS.

W e are ve ry anxiously awaiting Oct obe r seve nteenth, our season of ru shin g will be over and we shall know w h o of the new girls are to be of our number.

VI e are vt::ry glad to announce to Ollr sister chapters. two new Pi Phi s. Pearl Hathaway and Loi!' Silcott, whom we pledged last spring.

This year for the first time we have rented a chapter house and are very hilPPY in our new Quarte r s. We consider ourselves very fortunatein having one of our own alumnae as a matron.

On the afternoon of Scpkmber thirtieth, we entenained the college faculty at our new house, and in the evening members of the several fraternities here.

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Next week we are planning for a rushing party at the country home of -ou r pledge. Amanda Young, but the result of thi s and OU f other "rushes," Wf' will be able t o announce in ou r next letter.

\Ve hope that all OUf sister chapte r s will be as succe s sful and prosper. ous thi s year as we hope to be.

]ESsrE SCRE£.

IOWA ;:Er:\-UNI\'ERSITY OF IOWA

(CHARTERED 1882)

The year just beginning has opened \ery favorably and happily for us. For the first tim e we ha \'e a chapter house, and are lea rning daily how th orough l y enjoyable :t is in cnry way. \Ve had never realized before how much we missed in not being together, and now we ha\'c tried it, nothing will keep us apart again. We have nine girls in the house, ard luckily those outside all live very near

Like a great many cf you, this time was our first experience with il ph::JKt:-oJay, anll Wt: h,He not \Iuite dt:..:idrd yet how \\ell we like it. Sep1ember twenty-firs t, the first day of school, was pledge-day, and on that day w(" pledged Myrtle Gabriel a.nd Elizabeth George. L ater we pledged two charming upper c1assmen, Virginia Haldeman and Sarah McBride. \Vith these our r.hapter numb e r s seve nte en

We are looking forward to another happy year of Pi Phi and college. May we all ha ve it.

MIGNON ] MAYNARD

WISCONSIN AU'UA-UNIVERSITY OF" WISCONSIN

{CHARTERED 1894)

Vie have heen ha ving a perfect first week of college-not only the weather favorf>rl us, hut everyt hing seems propitious for a strong year for Wi scon sin Alpha. Dy the time thi s letter goes into print we sha ll nave pinned the arrow on ten new girls : Marie Burnham and Stella K aise r of Madi son, Lucile \\"aterman of Superior, Minnie Lee Dodd of Louisville, Ky., Margaret Stanton of Ames, la., Rega Bodden a nd Anita Koenen o f Milwaukee, Leslie Purdy of Michigtm City, Ind Helen Fitch of Mason City, Ia., and Phoebe Becket, a tran sfe r pledge from the Northwestern chapter. At our initiati rm we a l so expect to install Mi ss Edith BarLr:r o f \Varren, as a patroness.

Many of the Greek letter socie tie s are in their among the tr<ttC':rnities owning their lodges are: Phi Delt a Th eta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi.

new houses now, and Phi Psi, Sigma Chi, Phi Beta, Alpha Phi,

This year Wiscon s in is fortunate in having Miss Elizabeth Bass of

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Wellesley in charge of women's spo rt s here, and many Pi Phi s are com· peting for pl aces in the tt:nnis, basket ball, bowling and hockey gamf's that a r e to be played off on Tourname nt Day n ext month. Athletics. have always occupied a prominent place among Wisconsin women stu· dent s and now that they are under m or e o rganized management we hope to make greater progress than eve r The greate st intere s t has always. seemed to cente r around th e int er -so rority bowling contest-Ch i Omega n ow h oldi ng the cup.

\-Vi sco n s in Alpha send s gree ting s to all the chapter s , o ld and new, and h opes th e coming year will see more accomplished for Pi B eta Phi than in any preceding year.

CORA CASE HINKLEY

MISSOl/RI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURl (CHARTERED 18gB)

The beginning o f thi s college year find s th e member s of Mi sso uri Alp ha rejoicing in the fact th a t th ey arc comfortably s ituat ed in their new chapler ho u se. \Ve fee l pr ou d of secu ring thi s hou se fo r be s ides o ther Qualificati o n s it is located o nly ont! bl ock from the co ll ege campus We still ha ve Mi ::s Organ as chape rone.

Fourteen g irl s of la s t year ' s chapter ha ve returned and two girls of ye a r before last a r e with 11 5 ag;tin, Edith Snyder, who was away on account o f her moth e r's illne ss and Ethel R o bnett, who spent last winter in California.

Th e first week of sc hool was a vcry bu sy and C'(Ci t ;ll,S" 0 -1" but no" with our seven n ew pledge s we feel amply repaid fo r our eff o rts. Misso uri Alpha i s glad to introduce t o Pi Beta Phi: Anna Hud son, Carrolt on , M o.; Ncyora Full er. M o und City, Mo.; Amanda Painter, Carrolt oJl, M o. ; D o t J o hannu s, Nevada. Mo.; Mar y Martha Suddath. Warren sburg, M o.; Ch a rline Sh e ph erd. 'Warr ensb urg, M o. ; Elizabeth Clay, Pl easan t Hill, Mo.; and Minnie Organ , Salem , Mo.

Ou r rushing pa rtie s con s ist ed of a dr ivi ng pa rty o n Tu es day afternoon follo wed by a s pr ead at the ho me o f Ethel and Mittie V . Robnett. The house was d eco rated in Pi Phi banners and colors. \Vedne s day evening we had a fudge party at th e chapter house. Thursd ay afternoon ouralumnae gave li S a tea. Saturday en ning we had a dance in the un inrsity club.

At pre se nt foo tball practice is exci ting a great deal o f interest. Thesquad thi s year will be larger than ever be fore and every effort will beput forfh t o develop a team wo rthy to r e pre sent th e Univer s ity of sotln.

th e com ing m onths be pl ea sa nt on!s to all Pi Phi s.

JEAN' MCCUNE

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LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCO).lB COLLEGE (CHARTERED IBgI)

KAN S A!' ALPHA-KAN SAS STA TE UNIVEkSITY (CHARTERELJ 1873)

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The sc hoo l year ha s opened with vt'ry bright pro spec t s in "iew fo e Kan sas Alpha I n the fir s t place, alth ough we still mourn the loss of our eight seniors of la st year, one of them Clara Carr, is back for graduate work, and Anna Lanter, who ha s been out of schoo l fo r a year h as come back to finish her course. Mos t of the girl s came back a day o r two ea r ly to help the town girl s p r cpa r e for r ushing. Our "stunts" 1"001:>i1:>teo oi a tf'a and re ceptio n at our chapter hou se, a chocolate at the home of one of the girl , and an indoor picnic at the country home of an alumna.

By an agreeme-nt made last yea r among th e Frat ernit ie s pledge-day was six day s from matriculation \ Vednesday, and on noon of that day we p ledged our sC\'en new girls . They are: Ama r ettc "Veaver, Elizabe th Stephen s, Bt'r:ha L ucken, Grace Leslie , Pearl Scott, FnUlces Sh r yock an d A lice Hart. We are justly proud of our fre shmen, who have already shown true Pi Phi patrioti !> m and loyalty t o the wine an d blue in many way s.

W e held initiation for our pledge ;; on thirtieth. and afte r wa rd h ad a "cookie shine" and farce. Be s ide the Lawrence alumnae who were with u s o n this occ3!'ion were: Mary Chase Chamberlin, J eanette Ware and Betty Bates of Topeka, and E ls ie Eva n s of Leavenworth.

Many ch:mges fo r the better ha\·c taken place in the un ive r sity this fali . The hour system ha s been put in u se in st ead of th e old te r m system by which we han heretofore enrolled. It is proving to be very sue· ce!"sful si nce we have become acclI !" tomed to it, although at first it was a little confming with classes so differently ar r anged.

The school of medicine has been enlarged, and in the future will be run in connection with a ho s pital newly built in the subllrb of a horing city. The le-ngth of t he course h as al so been changed from two t o fou r yea r s. T hese i mp r ovement .. make our s a fir s t cla ss medic school , and there i s al r eady a not iceable g r owth in the en ro ll ment i n th at department. A si cle from these, improvements have been made in the way

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of buildings. A n ew Jaw building and museum have just been compl et ed. and work will soo n be begun o n a $10,000 st ructure t o be u sed for auditorium and gymnasium.

Sarah 'WIlder, one of OUf '05 girls, sailed for Paris o n October seventh, &0 s tudy vocal. We th in k s h e has a wonderful voice and pre dict that so me day s h e will :-i ng hencH int o fame.

Kan sas A lph ::l sends best wishes for a year of happine ss and pr os perit y to aII Pi Ph is.

NINA B. FELL

NEDRASKA BETA-(;NIVERSITY OF NEDRASK A lCHAkTf.R£D 1895)

\ Ve are a ll ve ry glad to be back in college and glad o f th e o pportun i ty of in tr oducing to OU f sistt r s seven new pledges. They are Mabel Lyford. Flos s Denny. Gcrtntrle Kin cai de M a ri e Talbot, Grace Hamilton, Mary \V adswor th and Edna Scott. Ru s hing seaso n wa s practically as strenu ous as in th e pa" t years, but o n the whole Quieter work h as been done and the w as o \ e r in a week's tim e. For h e re in Neb raska we h a\"C se t the fi r s t day of regi stra ti on as pl edg e -day and th e Tu s hing is not pr o longed b eyond thi s fir st week. We marraged t o fill up the day s l with parties, and sp r ea d s and now w e can breathe a si gh of r e lief t o think th a t it is all o\'e r and that we hav e sec ur e d the d esi r e d girls. A very detwiligh t mu sicale was given by Alleyne Archibald and Mr s. Frerler ick Funk e a !. the h ome of the latte r; a pr og re ss ive breakfa s t at the homes o f M e lin da Stuart and Cha r lo tt e S paulding ; a swimming party. fi" re o 'cl ock t ea ano luncheon, hou se w3rming a nd finally a dan ce made up our programme.

W e hay €' C!'pec ial1y t o thank our alu mna e wh o he lped u s gr ea tly in entertaining ao(1 we are rejoicing with them th a t our chapter ke ep s i,,creasing. Mr s. Frank Brown is n ow living in Lin co ln and thi s makes one more e nth usias ti c Pi Phi. Th e c hap ter ha s los t but one of its memo be r s s ince la s t year-Oda Closson

The active chap ter is glad to h av(' with them Charlotte Spaulding, who h as been in Colorado for th e past tw o years. P ea rl Fitzgerald , who bas !.uft'ered a loss in th e deatt) o i her mother, will soon be back again. I'au line Ru s h expec t s to r eunn to us in Novemi>f'r and th e n our family will be comple t e.

'Ve are extreme ly proud of ou r new home and feel that it is an ch 3pte r house At pres ent t he r e are ten girls and o n e cha peron e, Mr s Hill Gertrude Morri s, on e o f our alumnae, is also in th e hou se. Our house is so close to th e univerSIty campus th at t own girl s take noon lunch with us and this brings th e en t ire active c h ap t e r t oge th er m a n y t imes a week.

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The outlook for th e future is \"ery promi sing, and Nebraska Beta hopt's to gain much Ihis yea r in enthusia s m and loyalty_ \Ve wish succ"c:s anrl happine s s to all our s is ter chap tu s.

KATE HANCOCK.

ALPHA- -t:!" I VERSITY OF TEXAS (CHARTERED 1902 )

We girls of T exas Alpha r e turn e d to sc hoo l thi s )'ear with a joyful antic ipa ti on of th e future befo r e lIS. In th e fir st place w e have fifte en acti\"e membe r !' t o begin wit h and we expect t wo old girls after Christma ot Howenr we afe laking a g r eat interest in the ru s hing and h ope in our next letter to tell of some fine new Pi Phis.

We h3\'e a ve r y d elig htful new chapte r hou se. It is idea lly located and spl("nd id!y adap t ed to e n te rt ai n ing Though this is on l y o ur seco nd year in a chapter h ouse, we find i t exceedingly b en e fi c ia l in many ways bes ide being \' cry e njoyable. \Vc would !" tr ongly advise ou r si st e r chapters, who have neH"T 11 :ld Ircmes. t o pro cure th em v.ithou L t.lday.

A few days after sc h oo l open ed we ga ve o ur annual informal spr ead to t e n freshman girl s. Thi s we find t o be a very effective ru shing party. The informality pleases the new girls and gives th e old gi rl s an oppo rt unity to sec t}lem a s they really are. A week later we gave the first of a series of t eas which we in tend to give during the winter. This first tea wa s espl!cia ll y in h o nor o f th e U n ive r si ty Ladi es' club and our patronesses. A few fr es hmen rec e i ved with us and all of our fri ends called.

Texa s University r ece i ved a severe s hock in the loss o f her presi dent, Mr William Lambden Pra ther, who d ied in th e latte r part of J ul y. This is indeed a d ee p so rr ow, for Mr Prather wa s an able presiden t and a man o f s pien(lid per sonality Mr D F H ous to n w as immed iately chosen hi s s uc ceS!lor. M r H ou sto n was at one tim e dean o f th e unive r si ty but 11as for years hce n president o f th e Texa s Agricultural and Mec hanica l College.

It is wit h plea<;urc that we int r od uce to you o ur fir st pledge, Bessie Gar ri s on Sh e h :!.!l two Texas Alpha s is t e r s a nd o ur P a n - Hell e nic rule which decrees t h a t October the twenty-eighth be pledge- day, m akes an exccption nf

T exas Alph:l se nd s greetings to a ll Pi Phi s.

COLORADO Al,PlIA-lTNIVERSITY OF COLORAOO

LOTTIE HARRI :'.

( C HA RTERED 1884)

Thi s yea r Colorado Alpha is the la rge st in its hi st o ry. We numbe r thirt y-sc\' en cou ntin g our tw eh-e pledgt's, two transft:rs and one postAaaow-5

gradu aie. Ot:r two tr a n sf ers arc Bernice C'oultrap of Ohio Alpha anu J essie Th om p so n, return ed from Denver UniH f sltY.

OUT plan for a local pledge-flay ia ilee!, so Ollf se a son was s hort but s tre nuous. A Sund ay eve nin g musicale , a reception, a garoen-party, a tca given u s by OUf patro ll css, Mr s. Gamble, a recept io n by Buckingham, and a cookie-shine by Mr s. \V angeli n, were among OUf ru sh ing f esti vities

A n ew fp;Jtl.lre in ou r c hapt e r this year W3S Ollf pledging cer emon y, to whi ch the frc !:hm e n wefe su m mo n e d by ofli cia l noto;!. A committee of th ree se ni or.:i hOle! drawn lI{J the se n "jet's, and it proved a good thing fo r it gan the girls an insight into the tru e dignity of Pi B eta Phi.

The fr esh men nr e pr eparing an origina. l farce and a r c t o be ready to perform it a n y night after October the thirteenth. \Ve h ave been as!lured of ou r fr es hmen' s t alent in thi s li ne for after Ollr t ' clfth girl was pl edged. they gave a tak e-off o f our ru shing season and mann e r s in the c1 evcre;;l way.

With many wi!'hes for a pleasant year.

COLOR,\W flETA-DENVER t.'N

(CHART ER Ell

LUELI_A CORClX.

The exciteme n t t hat <!ccompa n ies th e ope ning of th e sc h oo l year I S beginning to down. so Colora d o Bet a p auses to se nd wis h es of good chee r to all Pi Phis.

\ Ve t<tk e plea !:u re in intr oducing th e "sta r s" of the fre shm a n ci:l.ss : Edith Dr esse r , Je ss ie Griffith, Alta Stewart, Sarah White, Muriel Welker. nnd Marjorie \V i l1i ams.

Our chie f aim in Illis ru s hing was to win through friend sh i p--a method which we have n ot found wanting On th e night befo re pledgeday we ga\'e a din n e r fol1o\ve d by a dance at the heautiful home of Do ;;worth, a :1.embe r of Ol:r alul11nae. The eYe lling passed pleasantly in dancing or rnaming through the extrnsiYe grounds made brilliant b,J:wanese 13ntern<;.

Denver universi t y, like all ot h er colleges. has "brig ht pro spec ts." But the predominating thoug ht of Colorado Beta is to aro u se ou r sc lycs t o a m o r e fcn'cnt zea l f or better intcrnal de\elopment. One bran c h of thought nms in char itable channel s. H e nce m ont hly con ce rt s to the " Boys' 'Working Home" a nd t o th e " N eighborhood House ," in s titutions worthy of our best effo rt s. ha\'c bef n in evidence, Thr ough the bond o f the win e and blue. Colorado B e ta se nd s greetings to you all.

GRACE DELSBD

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CALIFORNIA ALPHA- -LEI.AND STAKFORD JR UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED

OUT university life begins so early that it is hard to realize that the eastern a nd so uthern colleges are just opening \Ve have all been back about six weeks for th t! girls tried to return a week before regi stration day in o rd e r t o get the chapter hou se ready for ru s hing ]n thi s yea r we harl the valuable aid of Ruth \Vatcrh ol1se, ex-'06. who came down from her homt. in San franci sco to help us , and the result of OUT work in Ihi s line iii by OU T li,'c pledges whom we pr o udly in tr oduce as prosp ec tive Pi Phi s: Miss Donnie C3Tter from Fre s no ; M.i ss Frances H enld ng from Diego ; ::\fi ss M :;, y Brunton from Salt Lake City; :Miss 'May Franklin from Chicago; I\li ss Marie Bell ows fr o m Cle,·eland. We also expect in ahout a w('ek to l1<we a !- i x th pleclge, from Lo s Angeles. \Ve havl' h (>P 'l <':0 absorbed in ou, ni::.lliuK and s ince it ended only a day ago, it is rather difficult to write of anything else. We had a number of ver y s tringent ru s hing regulations thi s year ::md con s equently the in genuity a nd pati e nc e of every fraternity girl at Stanfo rd was taxed to the uttermo s t. Btlt th e fi ne st kind of <; pirit wa s a lmo st univer sally pl ayed. No girl's fralernllY w as allow e d to ru s h bdo r e half pa s t fOllr in th e nftern OO I1 on a collc:gc (by and no men could be invited to any r llshillg St11'!t. There wc re Ill any re s triction s, too, as to the kinds and time s of ru shing parti es. Among our most success ful affairs were a picni c in the hills, with drives and horseback rides beforehand; a matinee party in San Francisco; a formal dinner at which th e decorati o ns, favors, ::I:nd plare crtr(ls a!l sugges teci ' Pi Phi; and a candy pull. Our rushing fl ates were 'Ill tab111atecl be fo rehand on a large chart with a page for eac h week. This kept in th e lib rary so that any girl could see at a glance wh at fr(' s hm('n were comillg to any alTai". be it large or sma ll though we feel more than happy over our own success ful outcome, we 110pe th at the r('cent rtll("s wiIJ not be continucd ncxt year, and that some more rational o ne s can be agreed upon. \Vc arc looking forward to our fir s t initi a ti o n with a grut deal of pl(wmr e and are all h oping that it may he an occasion for :l r eu nion o f all the Pi Phi s living n ea r enough to come.

As soon as I)ur initiat io n is onr we arc going to plan definitely for I)u r c h::apf('r house. TIJi o; year we sl1c.:ceded in r ent ing a very desirable hut we f('t'l Ille n('cd of a hCltI <': c of our own a nd we hope th a t nex t <;p ring wif! set' the found;ltir}ll laid of a comfortnblc and commodious chapter house.

\Ve are looking f o rw ard with great plea s ure to the near vi s it of ou r delegate, Miss R ob in son, and we hope that she can spend several dayl with li S.

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With the hope thjlt each and eve r y chapler may have more than re su lt s in ru s hing and with best wishes fo r a happy and successful Faithfully in Pi Bela Phi . good year.

Lo U I SE PEARe!::.

CAL IFO RN!A UETA-UNIVER S ITY OF CALIFOR NIA (CHARTERED 1900 )

College a nd the cha pte r house ope n ed thi s year th e seventeenth C'f August after three delightful months of vacation. It was with reluctanc.y that we r e t urned to re sume th e re spo n s ibilitie s of college and f r aternl,-Y work afte r the smnmcr days of plea su re and freed om. But after mct>ting and greeting ou r former classma t es and fri e nd s o n reg ist ration day. wh e n the whole college assembles. we again became thrilled wit h co ll ege m te r es t , s pirit a ori enthUSiasm.

Rushing commenced fo r th e first time under the n e w rule s of PanHellenic Pledge- day was o n September eighth allowing ju st three weeks for the. season. \Vithin a week after that date we had pledged s ix girls to Pi Beta Phi Fiv e o f the pl edges were m a de Pi Phi s by initiation th e twenty-third ot September

W e are ve ry happy and proud to introduce to you Charlotte Marie Vv'attus, Trca 'i nre 5.t e rl ing Ell is, Amy Helen Hill, El izabeth St etso n an d Su e C Hie s tand They arc all fr cs hmen, already loya l wo r ke r s f or the win e blu c.

California Alpha, o f Stanford , wa s r epre sente d at initiation by J ean Mill e r , Ella M a y Lambert, St e lla H e nking and Louise P ea rce, and our a lumnae by B e th Adams-Brown and A ugu s ta Van Kirk. We were glad to welcome them with the n ew Pi Phi s.

Among the larger socia l affairs of ru shing season were a dancing party. collcge-e uchre card party and a dinn e r at th e h ome of Edith White , '07 , the evening bcfor(" ru shin g ceased. It was the prettiest and most rleli ghtful o f all the f estivities. I am s ur e it must have won the fre shm en's h ea rts.

California Beta W::I.S Quite stron g in denou n c ing the hard fixed rules :\nc regulations of Pan-Hellenic There a r e advantages as well as disadva n tages i!1 the n ew system and if it is n ecessary t o confo rm again to it we hope that it m ay bring us as much success a nd happin ess as it did thi s semes te r .

During the th r ee weeki' we were greatly aided by two eastern Pi Ph: s, Mo ll y Kendall of Middlebury, Vt ., a nd Mr s. Burr of Detroit, Mich . We we r e proud to have th e fre shmen meet our cha r ming eastern sis t e r s. \Ve only wish that we coulrl meet and know m o re of the di s tant Pi Phi s because we are so br west there i s a slight feeling of isolation.

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\Ve are looking forward with pleasureable anticipation to th e visit of Fl orence Porter R obinson, our Anow editor, whom we expect within a week. It will be pleasant to sho w her our large and prosperous university, OUT beautiful campu s overlooking the bay and Golden Gate and t;)UT Greek theatre which by this time has become famous. Other fraternity girl s will be glad also to exte nd to her a California hospitality. College is active in both a socia l and material way, In October there i s the "Fr cs hi c Gle"!" and the freshmen football game be tw een Stanford and California; for November there is the junio r promenade and dance , and the Varsity game with Stanford.

F ound ation is being laid fo r the new library building and uCalifomia Hall " is n early completed. A chair of music has ju st been established under the charge of Dr. Wolle of Pennsylvania. A large chorus is bei ng drilled. Next semester a regular course of technical and theoretical work commences.

The year so far has been unusually pro sperous both in college and frat er n ity work The r-h ap ter I S co mpletely rull as all the girls have r eturned including th e '05 graduates who are taking post-graduate work. Vh hope th:t t the year may continue as it began.

California B eta sends her heartiest congratulations and greetings to all her siste r s in Pi Beta Phi. "

MABEL ADELE GoDDARD.

H E A RR OW

Exchanges

Since the iss u e of th e Jul y ARROW the following pUblications \ have been received and are hereby acknow ledgd : \

For June-The Shield of Theta Delta Chi, th e Angelos of Kappa Del tao

For J uly-The Anchora of Delta Gamma, the Key o f Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Phi Chi Qllarterly , the Alpha Phi Q1larterly .

For August-The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Eleltsis of Chi Omega.

It seems ungenerou s to say "We told yo u so," but we felt like ju s t that when we read thi s co mmuni ca ti o n to the K ey of Kappa Kappa Gamma . That the Inter-Sorority Confere nce ca n formulat e any set of rul es w hich will work we ll in coll eges of every sort and every size seems well -nigh impossible Would it not be bette r to let eac h coll ege mak e it s own rul es and grant no spec ia l dispensations? \

Th e P?.n - H ellcnic As soc ia ti o n a t th e Cni vc r s it y of Mi c h iga n is j us t or:c year o ld . T hp. sev e n national soro rit ic :i com pos ing it have do n e th e ir be st to make it a s uccess , and the rules. as to ple dgin g han: be en lin d up to wit h th e g re-a te st co nscien ti o us ness. A spi rit of g ood fee ling e xi st s amo ng its me mbe r s, :'. lth ough per ha p s in no grea te r deg ree th an befo r e th e socia ti on was fo rm ed . But th e rul es had n o t been in fo rce six month s bdo re they Wf" re felt to be un sat is fac tory in vie w of loca l cond iti o ns, and the di ssa ti s ra c ti o n s teadily grew until it took th e fo rm o r a ppeal s to the l"ari o us G ran d Co uncil s fe r rele ase rrom P an - H e ll e ni c rul es. At th e e nt writing fi ve of th e seven so ro riti es . Ka. ppa am o ng th e m, have rece iv e d spec ia l rl is pcn sati on s all ow ing th e m to ple d ge no n -ma tri c ulat es, and we s inc e re ly ho pe !h e o th p. r '.wo will soo n rece ive th e s am e pe rmi ss io n.

It see m s to be the gen e ral o pini o n th a t th e o ld m eth o d s o f ru shing, regulat ed only by the individu a l chapt er's r ega rd fo r it s own se lf-respec t and th e d ign ity o f its fr a te rnity, w e re th e bes t o nes-at lea st for thi s part ic ul a r whe re th e s itu a tion is c omp li ca ted by th e preSC :1CC

of a st r ong loca l society indep endent o f Pan -Hellenic regulation s. It had been th e custom t o entertain high schoo l girls at var io us tim es during !he yea r , im' itiog th e m In " is it u s on th e occasion of some college fes t ivity The rushing and pl e dging cl o n e in thi s way was Quiet and dignifi e d, and did not in t e rf e r e with college work as much as th at du rin g th e r egular "rushing s(,3son" after matriculatioll. Under Pan - H e ilenic ru les this was s to pp e d and ::III felt it s a b sence t o bt: a Joss.

W e now have a Pan-Hellenic A ssoc iation which can not long r emai n a part o f the Na ti o nal A ssoc iation since it i s no longer bound by the nati o nal r egl1la ti on s. P e rh aps o th e r chapt e r s have exper ie nc ed a simila r diffi culty in app lyi 11g' rules made hy a commi ttee in which their intere s t s were not directly r ep r ese nt ed.

But it seems that Alpha Phi has repented granting the privil ege o f pledging before matriculation to th e chapter at Michigan, because fo rsooth she had not the consent of th e InterS o r ority Con fe r e nce We s hould really like somebody to say what has invested the confe r ence with power to make th e " law s" to which Alpha Phi decla r es h erself loyal.

Alpha Phi de sires t o present to all of the soror iti es repre se nt ed in the Int er-So r o rity Co n ference a n apology fo r the act which granted to Th e ta Chapter of Alpha Phi a t th e L'ni\'e r sity o f Mi chigan, th e privilege o f pl edging n on-ma tri c ul a t es. This privilege was granted upon the s tatement, whi c h wa s s upp osed to be co rrect , that a ll the c hart e r s repr ese nted in th e U ni ve r s ity of Mi chigan had heen g r a nt e d slIc h pri vilege. It has sir.ce tran spi r ed that no chapter at :\1ichigan had then been granted the privilege but that a ll we r e seeki ng slic h p ri ,·ilcge. A lpha Phi recognizes th at t he ::Ict wact not legaL because give n w ithou t th e consent of the fnt e rS o r o r ity Conference and an n ounces th a t no chapter o f Alp ha Phi has any authority t o pl ed ge Il Cl n matricu lat es except I ota ch ap te r at th e University of \ Visconsin. \\ re ha '-e the signed s t a t e me nt of Theta Chapter

pledged lInr! e r it. We reg r e t exceedingly the mi s und e r standing that has arisen fr om ou r er r o r in thi s matter A lpha Phi is Joyal to the laws of th e Int c r-S o r or ity Confercnce a nd ha s n Cl inte nti on of disregarding th em We h ave no desirc t o t a kc unfair adv;:.ntagc of our Gr eek s is tcrs and each chapter will be held t o the !. tri c t es t obse rvance o f th e Int e r-S oro r ity compa c t.

Anent the rushing season, the Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta voices two ideas which we all have but do not all live up to.

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Especiall)i are chap t ers t o be r emin ded o ve r and o ver to " a s sume no u n na t ural pose durin g th e ru shin g season ."

C h apte r rus h ing shou ld ai m to accomplis h two th i ngs : to afford t h e chapter an opportunity to size up and thorOtlghly undenland the ma n ;m<le r con sideration, and to acquaint the ma n with the character o f the chapter, and the o f its member s. The fraterna l obligation is a l ife-long one. and t he re latiolls of t h e br others of the 5:l lllC chapter are so i n tima te th<!t tht' greatest C3fe should be taken neve r to extend a bid to a man whl1 is l iable to p r ove a m isfi t. This danger can be avoided ill t wo ways; by caution and no undue haste in bidding and pledging, an d uy t he chapter's hei!1g il s ow n ge n u ine, na t ura l self du r ing t h e r ushi n g W·e doubt if any chapter ha <; e, er a reall)' valuahl e man by t h e s light !i('l:ly in extending a formal invitation clue to a r easonable cau t ion; and a display of suc h caut ion will certai n ly save much fu ture complication-anJ often the of an expu l sion. By assumi n g no unnatural pose du r ing the rushing a chapter w!n attract anI), men of congenial tastes and simi lar views, and in this way i t will avoid a great deal of the danger of making mist::.kes in the new material it would to as sim:!a fc.

Th e mo ral o f th e foll ow in g f rom th e Shi eld o f Phi Kappa Ps i seem s t o be that ch a pter s sh ould be m o r e interes t ed and perhaps lTX>re g rate ful fo r th e r ecomme n dat io n s of a lu m ni , whil e the a lu mni sh oul d n ot fee l too mu ch agg ri eved if their advice is not al ways take n.

"During th e past e ig ht yea r s, I have take n a pe r sona l inte r es t in h al f a dozen or more young men of my acquainlance who entered diffe r en t in· st itutions whe re we ha\·c chapters. 1n each case T wrote one or more lette r s to the chlpter. Poss ibly T was inopportune in my intervent ion, and in my jl!clgmcnt of the you ng men whom I was recomme n rl. · in g, for i n not a single case have I so muc h as r eceived a w ord o f ackriowledgment of my endea'·or to assist the chapter.

"a.efore dOj;ing . I would expres s a \\ orrl of caution concerning any cooperation between chapters and alumni. There are two dange r s. Alumni, often not und e r st anding loca l conditions, may frequent l y ur ge the se lectio n of men ll!l s uited to a particl1lar chapter. The consequent r ejection by the ch ap t er may l ead t o un pleasant rela t io n s. C h a pte r s, on th e other h and. are apt, in the case o f frequent 's pikings' by t he a l umn i fo r th em, to have th e i r o wn capacity in this rlirection weake ne d ."

From its fir st annual pu bli sh ed r e port Alpha Phi Quarterly makes an inter es tin g s ummary. Probably it is onl y th e personal \ ,

opinion of the editor that fixes the ideal chapter membership at twenty-five. Doubtless there are a good many, even in her own fraternity, who would consider that number too large, even f9t' the larger univers ity chapter.

The size oi each chapter is interes ting to us; in some colleges the member s hip r oll in fraternities is limited to a very small number; in others the nllmber in active relati on is rather larger than seems compatible with the best res ult [/'. 'N e do not ad\'oca tc the vcry small chapter, since there i s always an irresistible influence to confine it to one type of girl. A membership roll of twenty-five seems to us to approach the ideal.

Not a large num be r of Alpha Phi!' ha\'e left college before graduation during th e prescnt year. There a rc "alid reasons for di scontinuing one's college cou r se before its completion, but fa r too many young women do so because of lack of se ri ous purpo se in their collegiate work. Alpha Phi initiates only s tudent s in regular courses and encourages the se to c()mplete the work for a degree.

The social life of ou r chapters is significant. Much is said in these days of excessive social entertainment among fraternity women. The report on thi s point indicates moderation with which we are pleased. The development of the socia l in student life is most important, but it is not to predominate.

Fiv e chapters. Beta, Epsil o n. Z('ta. Eta and Theta report that their QUARTERLY are n ot bound to date . We regret that this matter been 50 lo ng neglected by the se chapters. It is important that a competent member shoulrl be put in charge of this work; one who will not le-:. ..·e it until the volumes are bound and properly cared for in chapter h ouse or rnoms.

Nine Alpha Phis won the distinction of election to Phi B eta Kappa. \Ve congr?tulate the chapter and the individuals. A high grade of scholarship is or ought t o be the ambitio n of every loyal Alpha Phi.

The medical fraternity , Phi Chi, has some laws which some oth er fraternities would do well t o borr ow and enfor ce, especially perhaps, the three here quoted.

Resolved , That the editor of the QUARTERLY shall compile and publish in said QUARTERLY. at least twice a year, all Jaw s o f this Fraternity that do not appear in the Constitution and By-Law s, and shall call the attention of local Chapters to all new law s following their adoption.

Resolved, That there be cr eated in the Chapter the office of J udgc Advocatf'. the duties of which incumbent sha ll be to familiarize himself with "Robert's Rules of Order," the Con stituti on and By-Laws of indivd-

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nal a nd Gran d Ch a pter s , a nd t o w h om a ll qu es t io n s und e r s u ch ruling s shall be r e fe r r ea f o r settl eme nt. It s hall be h is dut y f u rth e r t o call th e attenti on o f the Chapter t o a n y infrin ge ment up o n th e co n s tituted rul es, and to c o nstrl1 e same in th eir appli ca t io n t o th e qu es ti o n a t iss u e. Appeal fr o m hi s d eci sio n is t o th e Gran d C h ap ter Hi s e lec ti o n s ha ll be fo r o n e y ear. B e it f urth er re so lve d , that th e Judg e A d voca te s i t to th e lef t and s ligh t ly behind the Pr es iding S eni o r . It wa s se conded a nd ca r ri ed, th a t th e d iffe r ent C ha pt e rs. in co n si d ering fo r memhcr s hip th e n a m e of a ma n w h o is kn o wn t o h ave attend ed an o th e r colJege wh e r e th er e is a C h a pte r o f th e Phi Chi Frater· it y , a nd to h owe be f' n e ligibl e t o m embe r s h ip in th e sa id Ch a pter, s h a n be r eq u i r ed t o in qu ire. in w r iti ng , of the o th er C h ap t e r to me m be r s hip i n w h ic h th e ma n h as been el ig ible. as to th e ch a r acte r a nd sta nd ing of th e man in q\ le stio n , a nd th e r ea s o n , if th er e is a n y, w h y h e was n o t r. lec t ed to membe r sh ip.

Kapp a K a ppa Gamma has r ece ntl y establi s hed a chapter at Adelphi .

Chi Om ega ha s entered the Un ive r s ity of West Virginia.

Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Phi have lately adopted the custom of an annual report in th eir respective magazines. Wa s P i P hi o r Theta th e author of th e plan?

K:appa Alpha Th eta has re-es tabli s hed h e r c hapte r at Toronto U n i, 'e r sity.

With the convention at Evanston, the editorsh ip of the Anckora of Delta Gamma pass es to Miss Grace Abbott Mrs. Pan coast, the former editor, served for eight years and he r predecessor, if we mistake not, for ten. We trust the new editor may have an equally long and successful term of

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